Membrane morphology plays a great role in determining the performance of polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs), especially for direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) applications.
Hazlina Junoh +7 more
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Emerging Materials and Future Strategies for Solid Oxide Electrochemical Cells
Solid oxide electrochemical cells operate under strongly coupled electrochemical and thermodynamic conditions, where performance is constrained by interactions among crystal structure, defect chemistry, and interfacial evolution. This review, based on a structure‐defect‐property‐durability framework, reveals the roles of lattice symmetry and defect ...
Qiuchun Lu +4 more
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Impact of the Anode Serpentine Channel Depth on the Performance of a Methanol Electrolysis Cell
This work addresses for the first time the effect of anode serpentine channel depth on Methanol Electrolysis Cells (MECs) and Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFCs) for improving performance of both devices. Anode plates with serpentine flow fields of 0.5 mm,
Vladimir L. Meca +5 more
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The transport phenomena in a passive direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) were numerically simulated by the proposed two-dimensional two-phase nonisothermal mass transport model.
Zheng Miao, Jin-Liang Xu, Ya-Ling He
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Deciphering Intricacies in Directional CO2 Conversion From Electrolysis to CO2 Batteries
This review will delve into the inherent connections and distinctions of CO2‐directed conversion in ECO2RR and CO2 batteries, in terms of product types, catalyst selection, catalytic mechanisms, and electrochemical performances, while proposing a benchmarking framework for the evaluation of CO2 batteries and innovative CO2 battery configurations for ...
Changfan Xu +5 more
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Development of a Microwave Sensor for Real-Time Monitoring of a Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
Micro direct methanol fuel cells (μDMFCs) are a promising power source for microelectronic devices and systems. As the operating state and performance of a μDMFC is generally determined by both electrochemical polarization and methanol crossover, it is ...
Shubin Zhang, Tian Qiang, Yanfeng Jiang
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A simple two-module problem to exemplify building-block assembly under crossover
Theoretically and empirically it is clear that a genetic algorithm with crossover will outperform a genetic algorithm without crossover in some fitness landscapes, and vice versa in other landscapes.
Richard A. Watson, Watson, Richard A.
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Predicted Speciation of Carbon in Subduction Zone Fluids
This book is Open Access. A digital copy can be downloaded for free from Wiley Online Library.
Explores the behavior of carbon in minerals, melts, and fluids under extreme conditions
Carbon trapped in diamonds and carbonate-bearing rocks in subduction zones are examples of the continuing exchange of substantial carbon ...
Meghan Guild, Everett L. Shock
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Development of A Methanol-Crossover Resistant Microfluidic Direct Methanol Fuel Cell
A novel microfluidic direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) prototype was developed. Current DMFCs are potentially "battery-killers" providing clean and sustainable power for portable electronics.
Hernandez-Sanchez, Lenny C.
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Nanostructured Pd barrier for low methanol crossover DMFC [PDF]
This work reports the successful fabrication of Pd nanostructured proton conducting-fluid blocking barriers on standard perfluorosulfonic acid membranes, able to reduce considerably methanol crossover in Direct Methanol Fuel Cells.
BRESCIANI, FAUSTO +7 more
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