Chemistry A-Level
Fuel cell
What Fuel cell means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of Fuel cell
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Reference: OCR
Uses the energy from the reaction of a fuel with oxygen to create a voltage, producing a voltage while fuel and oxygen are supplied.
Topics that use Fuel cell
- Redox and electrode potentials (OCR A-Level)
Related terms
- Applying familiar redox method to unfamiliar systems
- Concentration effects
- Dynamic equilibrium at electrodes
- Electrode potential and equilibrium
- Electron transfer
- Electron transfer in redox
- feasibility prediction
- Half-cell construction
Using Fuel cell in the exam
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