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Single passive direct methanol fuel cell supplied with pure methanol

✍ Scribed by Ligang Feng; Jing Zhang; Weiwei Cai; Liangliang; Wei Xing; Changpeng Liu

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 2011
Tongue: English
Weight: 375 KB
Volume: 196
Category: Article
ISSN: 0378-7753
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.11.125

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✦ Synopsis

A new single passive direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) supplied with pure methanol is designed, assembled and tested using a pervaporation membrane (PM) to control the methanol transport. The effect of the PM size on the fuel cell performances and the constant current discharge of the fuel cell with onefueling are studied. The results show that the fuel cell with PM 9 cm 2 can yield a maximum power density of about 21 mW cm -2 , and a stable performances at a discharge current of 100 mA can last about 45 h. Compared with DMFC supplied with 3 M methanol solution, the energy density provided by this new DMFC has increased about 6 times.

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