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JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
The International Journal on the Science and Technology of Battery,
Fuel Cell and other Electrochemical Systems
Regional Editor for N. & S. America
C.K. Dyer
16 Seven Oaks Circle,
Madison, NJ 0794 0 -1314, USA
Asia^Pacific Regional Editor
D.A.J. Rand
CSIRO Energy Technology, Bayview Avenue,
Box 312, Clayton South, Vic. 3169, Australia
Regional Editor for Japan & P.R. China
Z. Ogumi
Department of Energy & Hydrocarbon Chemistry
Graduate School of Engineering
Kyoto University
Nishikyo-ku, Kyoto 615 - 8510, Japan
European Regional Editor
B. Scrosati
Department of Chemistry
University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’
Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5
00185 Rome, Italy
Special Issues Coordinating Editor
P.T. M o s e l e y
International Lead Zinc Research Organization Inc.
2525 Meridian Parkway
PO Box 12036
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA
Founding Editor
D.H. Collins
Editorial Board
K.M. Abraham (Needham, MA, USA)
A.J. Appleby (College Station, TX, USA)
M. Armand (Montreal, Que., Canada)
P. Costamagna (Genova, Italy)
R.M. Dell (Abingdon, UK)
C. Delmas (Pessac, France)
A. Dicks (Brisbane, Australia)
S. Freni (Messina, Italy)
J. Garche (Ulm, Germany)
H.A. Gasteiger (Honeoye Falls, NY, USA)
P. G r i m e s (Scotch Plains, NJ, USA)
R.P. Hamlen (Fort Monmouth, NJ, USA)
R.A. Huggins (Kiel, Germany)
K.V. Kordesch (Graz, Austria)
A.R. Landgrebe (Long Neck, DE, USA)
M. Mastragostino (Bologna, Italy)
F. M c L ar n o n (Berkeley, CA, USA)
B. McNicol (Kelsall, UK)
R.F. Nelson (Golden, CO, USA)
T. Osaka (Tokyo, Japan)
K.-i. Ota (Yokohama, Japan)
J. Owen (Southampton, UK)
D. Pavlov (Sofia, Bulgaria)
N. Penazzi (Torino, Italy)
K. Peters (Manchester, UK)
M. Salomon (Little Silver, NJ, USA)
N. Sammes (Storrs, CT, USA)
M.M. Thackeray (Argonne, IL, USA)
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The Journal of Power Sources provides an interdisciplinary forum
on all aspects of the science, technology and commercialization of
primary/secondary batteries and fuel cells, as well as on their appli-
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standby- and portable-power systems
load-levelling facilities
electric vehicles
remote wind- and/or solar-based power supplies
satellites and deep space probes
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State-of-the-art reviews
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