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Synthesis and Calibration of Phosphorescent Nanoprobes for Oxygen Imaging in Biological Systems
Published on: March 3, 2010
In situ and real-time visualisation of oxygen distribution in DMFC using a porphyrin dye compound
Junji Inukai1, Kenji Miyatake, Yuta Ishigami
1Clean Energy Research Centre, University of Yamanashi, 4 Takeda, Kofu, Yamanashi 400-8510, Japan.
Abstract:
A luminescent porphyrin dye film has been coated onto a transparent separator on the cathode side of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) to visualise clearly oxygen distribution under operating conditions by analysing emission from the dye.

