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Crossover of formic acid through Nafion® membranes
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In this article, the authors investigated the permeability of formic acid through Nafion® membranes at room temperature and found that the permeation rate was much slower than methanol through the same membrane.About:
This article is published in Journal of Power Sources.The article was published on 2003-05-15. It has received 268 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Formic acid fuel cell & Formic acid.read more
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Recent advances in direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFC)
Xingwen Yu,Peter G. Pickup +1 more
TL;DR: A review of recent advances in direct formic acid fuel cells (DFAFCs) can be found in this article, mainly focusing on the anodic catalysts for the electro-oxidation of Formic acid.
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Palladium in fuel cell catalysis
TL;DR: In this paper, a comparison of binary and ternary platinum-based catalysts and non-platinum based catalysts for low-temperature fuel cells is presented, showing that the performance of Pd and Pd-containing catalysts can be improved with the addition of a suitable metal such as Co or Fe.
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Synergistic Catalysis over Bimetallic Alloy Nanoparticles
Ashish Kumar Singh,Qiang Xu +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors survey the research progress on the synergistic effect of bimetallic alloy NPs for catalytic reactions related to fuel cells, such as the electrochemical oxidation of MeOH, EtOH, and formic acid, CO oxidation, the oxygen-reduction reaction, and the dehydrogenation of ammonia borane.
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Nanocrystalline intermetallics on mesoporous carbon for direct formic acid fuel cell anodes
Xiulei Ji,Kyu Tae Lee,Reanne Holden,Lei Zhang,Jiujun Zhang,Gianluigi A. Botton,Martin Couillard,Linda F. Nazar +7 more
TL;DR: This work presents a simple and robust, chemically controlled process for synthesizing size-controlled noble metal or bimetallic nanocrystallites embedded within the porous structure of ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC).
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Performance characterization of Pd/C nanocatalyst for direct formic acid fuel cells
TL;DR: In this paper, 20 and 40-wt.% Pd particles have been deposited on carbon supports (Vulcan XC-72®) and their performances as an anode catalyst for DFAFCs with different formic acid feed concentrations at a moderate temperature have been evaluated.
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Acid-doped polybenzimidazoles : a new polymer electrolyte
TL;DR: In this paper, the proton conductivity, water content, and methanol vapor permeability of polybenzimidazole films doped with phosphoric acid are investigated as potential polymer electrolytes for use in hydrogen/air and direct methanoline fuel cells.
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A review of the state-of-the-art of the methanol crossover in direct methanol fuel cells
Angelika Heinzel,V.M. Barragán +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the influence of methanol crossover in DMFCs and the effort to get a more methenol-impermeably polymer electrolyte found in the literature is discussed.
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Direct formic acid fuel cells
TL;DR: The performance of formic acid fuel oxidation on a solid PEM fuel cell at 60°C was reported in this paper, where the anodic polarization potential of Formic acid is approximately 0.1 V lower than that for methanol on a standard Pt/Ru catalyst.
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Water and Methanol Uptakes in Nafion Membranes and Membrane Effects on Direct Methanol Cell Performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors compared direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) employing two types of Nafion{reg{underscore}sign} (EW) membranes of different equivalent weight (EW).