A solid-polymer electrolyte direct methanol fuel cell with a methanol-tolerant cathode and its mathematical modelling

Raman, R. K. ; Murgia, G. ; Shukla, A. K. (2004) A solid-polymer electrolyte direct methanol fuel cell with a methanol-tolerant cathode and its mathematical modelling Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 34 (10). pp. 1029-1038. ISSN 0021-891X

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Abstract

Solid-polymer electrolyte direct methanol fuel cells (SPE-DMFCs) employing carbon-supported Pt-Fe as oxygen-reduction catalyst to mitigate the effect of methanol on cathode performance while operating with oxygen or air have been assembled. These SPE-DMFCs provided maximum power densities of 250 and 120 mW cm-2 at 85°C on operating with oxygen and air, respectively. The polarization data for the SPE-DMFCs and their constituent electrodes have also been derived numerically employing a model based on phenomenological transport equations for the catalyst layer, diffusion layer and the membrane electrolyte.

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Keywords:Solid-polymer Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cells; Methanol-tolerant Cathode; Numerical Modelling
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