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A mixed-reactants solid-polymer-electrolyte direct methanol fuel cell

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Keith Scott, Professor Ashok Shukla, Christopher Jackson

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Abstract

Mixed-reactants solid-polymer-electrolyte direct methanol fuel cells (SPE-DMFCs) with a PtRu/C anode and a methanol-tolerant oxygen-reduction cathode catalyst have been assembled and have been subjected to galvanostatic polarisation studies. The oxygen-reduction cathode was either of the FeTMPP/C, CoTMPP/C, FeCoTMPP/C and RuSe/C. It was found that the SPE-DMFC with the RuSe/C cathode yielded the best performance. It has been possible to achieve power densities of approximately 50 and 20 mW/cm2 while operating a mixed-reactants SPE-DMFC at 90°C with oxygen and air fed cathodes, respectively. Interestingly, these SPE-DMFCs exhibit no parasitic oxidation of methanol with oxygen. © 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


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Author(s): Scott K, Shukla AK, Jackson CL, Meuleman WRA

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Power Sources

Year: 2004

Volume: 126

Issue: 1-2

Pages: 67-75

Print publication date: 16/02/2004

ISSN (print): 0378-7753

ISSN (electronic): 1873-2755

Publisher: Elsevier B.V.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2003.09.041

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2003.09.041


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