Selectivity of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Membranes [PDF]
Membranes, 2015 Sulfonic acid-functionalized polymer electrolyte membranes alternative to Nafion® were developed. These were hydrocarbon systems, such as blend sulfonated polyetheretherketone (s-PEEK), new generation perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) systems, and composite
Antonino S. Aricò +6 more
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Chitosan Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications [PDF]
Membranes, 2023 The purpose of this study is to identify the steps involved in fabricating silica/chitosan composite membranes and their suitability for fuel cell applications.
Livhuwani Modau +3 more
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Design and Utilization of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell [PDF]
Membranes, 2022 This study introduces a step-by-step, summarized overview of direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) fundamentals, thermodynamic–electrochemical principles, and system evaluation factors. In addition, a parametric investigation of a JENNY 600S DMFC is conducted
Aser Alaa Ahmed +3 more
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A Novel Button-Type Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with Graphene Diffusion Layer [PDF]
Micromachines, 2019 In order to solve the problem that bolts in traditional packaged direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) take up a large area and reduce the specific energy (energy per unit weight) and power density (power per unit area), a new button-type micro direct ...
Yingli Zhu, Lei Gao, Jianyu Li
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Sulfophenylated centimeter-sized graphene membrane in a direct methanol fuel cell [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsAn ideal proton exchange membrane should only allow protons to pass and remain impermeable to fuels, as required in fuel cell applications. In methanol fuel cells, high proton conductivity enables high power density, whereas methanol crossover between ...
Weizhe Zhang +24 more
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Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, DMFC [PDF]
Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (SJST), 2003 Direct Methanol Fuel Cell, DMFC is a kind of fuel cell using methanol as a fuel for electric producing. Methanol is low cost chemical substance and it is less harmful than that of hydrogen fuel. From these reasons it can be commercial product.
Amornpitoksuk, P.
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Dynamic thermal model development of direct methanol fuel cell
International Journal of Thermofluids, 2023 Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is fueled with liquid methanol coupled with air to produce power at reasonably lower operational conditions while resulting in by-products of carbon dioxide and water, which is more environmentally friendly.
Mohammad Biswas, Tabbi Wilberforce
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Methanol Sensor-Less Control Strategy for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Startup
Frontiers in Energy Research, 2022 It is critical and challenging to start direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) from various environmental states to an ideal operating state by a sensor-less method.
Haibo Gan +5 more
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Fabrication and Evaluation of Pt/M (M= Co, Fe) Chitosan Supported Catalysts for Methanol Electrooxidation: Application in Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell [PDF]
Journal of Nanostructures, 2016 In this work, Pt, Fe and Co nanoparticles were prepared by chemical reduction of the metal salts in chitosan as the support. NaBH4 was used as the reducing agent Pt-Fe, Pt-Co and Pt-Fe-Co-chitosan nanocomposites were synthesized and characterized by UV ...
Mehri-Saddat Ekrami-Kakhki +3 more
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Investigation of MIL-53(Fe)-(COOH)2 as a Filler in Sulfonated Polystyrene/Polyethylene Membrane for Application in Direct Methanol Fuel Cell [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 2023 Some of the main challenges of direct methanol fuel cell membranes are proton conduction and the high selectivity required. In the present study, new proton exchange membranes were developed using sulfonated polystyrene (SPS), polyethylene (PE), and a ...
Valiollah Mandanipour +4 more
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