Dimethyl ether: A promising fuel for marine engines

Zhen Huang; Wugao Zhang; Dong Han; Lei Zhu; He Lin; Bin Guan

doi:10.1007/s11708-025-0986-4

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Dimethyl ether: A promising fuel for marine engines

Zhen Huang¹^,² ,
Wugao Zhang¹^,² ,
Dong Han¹^,² ,
Lei Zhu¹^,² ,
He Lin¹^,² ,
Bin Guan¹^,²

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Zhen Huang, Wugao Zhang, Dong Han, Lei Zhu, He Lin, Bin Guan. Dimethyl ether: A promising fuel for marine engines. Front. Energy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11708-025-0986-4

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Competing Interests

Zhen Huang is the Editor-in-Chief of Frontiers in Energy, who was excluded from the peer-review process and all editorial decisions related to the acceptance and publication of this article. Peer-review was handled independently by the other editors to to minimise bias.