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Performance of an alkaline-acid direct ethanol fuel cell
Liang An,Tianshou Zhao +1 more
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In this article, the performance of an alkaline-acid direct ethanol fuel cell (AA-DEFC) with a 25-μm-thick membrane was investigated and it was shown that the peak power density was as high as 360mW cm−2 at 60°C, which is about 6 times higher than the performance reported in the literature.About:
This article is published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.The article was published on 2011-08-01. It has received 90 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Direct-ethanol fuel cell & Proton exchange membrane fuel cell.read more
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Anion-exchange membranes in electrochemical energy systems
John R. Varcoe,Plamen Atanassov,Dario R. Dekel,Andrew M. Herring,Michael A. Hickner,Paul A. Kohl,Anthony Kucernak,William E. Mustain,DC Kitty Nijmeijer,Keith Scott,Tongwen Xu,L Lin Zhuang +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, an up-to-date perspective on the use of anion-exchange membranes in fuel cells, electrolysers, redox flow batteries, reverse electrodialysis cells, and bioelectrochemical systems (e.g. microbial fuel cells).
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Direct ethanol fuel cells for transport and stationary applications – A comprehensive review
TL;DR: In this article, various types of direct ethanol fuel cells are reviewed with emphasis on ethanol sources and production methods, cell construction materials, operating regime, cell and stack fabrication, performance and life time issues, technology status and market applications.
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Advances and challenges in alkaline anion exchange membrane fuel cells
TL;DR: In this article, a general description of the setup of AAEMFCs running on hydrogen and physical and chemical processes occurring in multi-layered porous structure is presented, and the effects of anode and cathode ionomers, structural designs, and water flooding on the performance of the single-cell are explained, and durability and power output of a singlecell are summarized.
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Carbon-neutral sustainable energy technology: Direct ethanol fuel cells
Liang An,Tianshou Zhao,Yinshi Li +2 more
TL;DR: An overview of both acid and alkaline DEFC technologies by describing their working principles, cell performance, system efficiency, products of the ethanol oxidation reaction, and cost is provided in this paper.
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PEMFCs and AEMFCs directly fed with ethanol: a current status comparative review
TL;DR: In this article, the performance of PEM-DEFCs and anion exchange membrane direct ethanol fuel cells (AEM-deFCs) is reviewed and future research challenges are identified along with potential strategies to overcome them.
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Palladium-Based Electrocatalysts for Alcohol Oxidation in Half Cells and in Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells
Claudio Bianchini,Pei Kang Shen +1 more
TL;DR: Increasing research efforts are carried out to design and develop more efficient anode electrocatalysts for DAFCs, which are attracting increasing interest as power sources for portable applications.
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Prospects for Alkaline Anion-Exchange Membranes in Low Temperature Fuel Cells†
TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the radical approach of applying alkaline anion-exchange membranes (AAEMs) to meet the current challenges with regards to direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs).
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Alkaline direct alcohol fuel cells
TL;DR: The faster kinetics of the alcohol oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions in ADAFCs, opening up the possibility of using less expensive metal catalysts, such as silver, nickel and palladium, makes the ADAFC a potentially low cost technology compared to acid direct alcohol fuel cell technology, which employs platinum catalysts.
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Direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC): Electrical performances and reaction products distribution under operating conditions with different platinum-based anodes
TL;DR: In this article, a single direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC) was investigated in terms of reaction product distribution depending on the anode catalyst, and the addition of tin to platinum increases the activity of the catalyst by several order of magnitude and the electrical performance of the DEFC were greatly enhanced from a few mW cm −2 to 30 mWcm −2 at 80°C, with Pt/C and Pt-Sn/C catalysts, respectively.
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Synthesis of PdNi catalysts for the oxidation of ethanol in alkaline direct ethanol fuel cells
TL;DR: In this article, a carbon-supported PdNi catalysts for the ethanol oxidation reaction in alkaline direct ethanol fuel cells are successfully synthesized by the simultaneous reduction method using NaBH4 as reductant.
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