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The effect of anode flow characteristics and temperature on the performance of a direct methanol fuel cell
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In this paper, an experimental direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), designed and manufactured in-house, was used in all experiments, and three graphite anode plates were machined with the same flow channel configuration but each with different depth of channels.About:
This article is published in Journal of Power Sources.The article was published on 2001-06-01. It has received 85 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Anode & Direct methanol fuel cell.read more
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Challenges and opportunities of thermal management issues related to fuel cell technology and modeling
Amir Faghri,Zhen Guo +1 more
TL;DR: A detailed review of problems related to fuel cell technology, including recently developing challenges, is presented and current technical limitations can be overcome through a combination of novel methodologies, increased efficiency of components, decreased component size and mass, and detailed modeling.
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In situ visualization study of CO2 gas bubble behavior in DMFC anode flow fields
Hao Yang,Tianshou Zhao,Qiang Ye +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, a visual study of the CO 2 bubble behavior in the anode flow field of an in-house fabricated transparent Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC), which consisted of a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), two bipolar plates with a single serpentine channel, and a transparent enclosure.
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Mass transport phenomena in direct methanol fuel cells
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art studies of mass transport of different species, including the reactants (methanol, oxygen and water) and the products (water and carbon dioxide) in DMFCs.
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Progress and prospects in reverse electrodialysis for salinity gradient energy conversion and storage
Ramato Ashu Tufa,Sylwin Pawlowski,Joost Veerman,Karel Bouzek,Enrica Fontananova,Gianluca Di Profio,Svetlozar Velizarov,João G. Crespo,Kitty Nijmeijer,Efrem Curcio +9 more
TL;DR: A critical review of the most significant achievements in RED, focusing on membrane development, stack design, fluid dynamics, process optimization, fouling and potential applications, is presented in this paper, where the main hurdles to market implementation are mainly related to unavailability of high performance, stable and low-cost membrane materials.
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Electrocatalytic activity of binary and ternary composite films of Pd, MWCNT and Ni, Part II: Methanol electrooxidation in 1 M KOH
TL;DR: In this paper, a ternary composite films of Pd, multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) and Ni have been obtained on glassy carbon electrodes and investigated for electrocatalysis of methanol oxidation in 1M KOH.
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Methanol oxidation and direct methanol fuel cells: a selective review
S. Wasmus,A. Küver +1 more
TL;DR: A status report on development of the direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) and relevant fundamental and applied electrochemistry is the objective of as discussed by the authors, where emphasis is put on strategies and approaches rather than on individual results.
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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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Recent advances in direct methanol fuel cells at Los Alamos National Laboratory
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe recent advances in the science and technology of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) made at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and describe a new type of DMFC stack hardware that allows to lower the pitch per cell to 2 mm while allowing low air flow and air pressure drops.
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Role of hydrous ruthenium oxide in Pt-Ru direct methanol fuel cell anode electrocatalysts: The importance of mixed electron/proton conductivity
TL;DR: In this paper, it was shown that although practical Pt−Ru blacks have diffraction patterns consistent with an alloy assignment, they are primarily a mix of Pt metal and Ru oxides plus some Pt oxides and only small amounts of Ru metal.
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Pervaporation membranes in direct methanol fuel cells
TL;DR: In this paper, polybenzimidazoleolemic membranes have been used for direct methanol fuel cell applications and have been shown to have up to a 15-fold improvement over Nafion.