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Numerical validation of direct ethanol fuel cell operating at high temperature
In the present work, a three-dimensional steady-state model was developed to analyze the performance of high-temperature direct ethanol fuel cell...
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Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells: A Comparative Review of Acidic and Alkaline Systems
In the last 20 years, direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) have been the subject of tremendous research efforts for the potential application as...
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Electrochemical Characterization of Low-Temperature Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells using Direct and Alternate Current Methods
Here, we report for the first time the results of systematic characterization of a low-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane direct ethanol fuel...
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Electrochemical Energy Conversion in Fuel Cells
This chapter is focused on the properties of a direct energy conversion in fuel cells. Here a free energy of a chemical reaction is converted... -
Synthesis and Characterization of AgPd Bimetallic Nanoparticles as Efficient Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
The synthesis of AgPd bimetallic nanoparticles was carried out by a simple polyol method in order to obtain an improved control of the morphology and...
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Synthesis of low-cost HNO3-functionalized acetylene black carbon supported Pt-Ru/CAB nano electrocatalysts for the application in direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC)
Ethanol electrooxidation was thoroughly investigated on laboratory synthesized Pt-Ru nano electrocatalysts. Low cost acetylene black carbon...
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Electrocatalysis of Alternative Liquid Fuels for PEM Direct Oxidation Fuel Cells
The direct oxidation of liquid fuels such as methanol, ethanol, ethylene glycol, formic acid and glycerol in fuel cell has attracted increasing... -
Passive direct alcohol fuel cell using methanol and 2-propanol mixture as a fuel
This article examines the effect of addition of small concentration of 2-propanol on the direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) in passive mode. The...
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Introduction: Low-Temperature Fuel Cells
This chapter describes the reactions occurring in low-temperature fuel cells, fuelled with from the most common H2, to several organic molecules. The... -
Pt‑Based Catalysts for Electrochemical Oxidation of Ethanol
Despite its attractive features as a power source for direct alcohol fuel cells, utilization of ethanol is still hampered by both fundamental and... -
Overview of Direct Liquid Oxidation Fuel Cells and its Application as Micro-Fuel Cells
Direct liquid fuel cells (DLFCs) are a special type of FCs that generate power output through the electro-oxidation of liquid fuels easier to handle... -
Non-Noble Metal as Catalysts for Alcohol Electro-oxidation Reaction
This chapter describes the use of non-noble metals as catalysts in DAFCs, and their catalytic activity and stability with different liquid fuels in... -
A Basic Overview of Fuel Cells: Thermodynamics and Cell Efficiency
In the last century, there has been rapid urbanization leading to increased energy demand with an ever increasing load on nonrenewable resources and... -
Three-dimensional CFD modeling of direct ethanol fuel cells: evaluation of anodic flow field structures
AbstractMathematical modeling and simulation are widely applied to investigate the fluid dynamics properties in fuel cells. Flow field design...
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Electrochemical Energy Production Using Fuel Cell Technologies
Fuel cells are highly efficient and environmentally friendly energy conversion devices that are receiving increasing attention and are steadily... -
Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell on Carbon Supported Pt Based Nanocatalysts
Ethanol is a molecule of considerable interest because of its potential renewable use in fuel cells without reforming. Therefore, bifunctional... -
Enhanced performance of direct ethanol fuel cell using Pt/MWCNTs as anodic electrocatalyst
AbstractPlatinum nanoparticles with a size distribution ranging from 3 to 6 nm were synthesized at room temperature by chemical reduction of platinum...
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Liquid feed passive direct methanol fuel cell: challenges and recent advances
This paper provides an overview of technological challenges and recent advances in the liquid feed passive direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC)....
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Clean hydrogen generation from the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol inside a proton exchange membrane electrolysis cell (PEMEC): effect of methanol concentration and working temperature
The electrochemical decomposition of methanol (MeOH) for hydrogen production has been carried out at several temperatures (25–85 °C) and different...
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On the Temperature Performance of Ethanol Oxidation Reaction at Palladium-Activated Nickel Foam
The present paper reports on ethanol oxidation reaction (EOR) investigated at catalytically modified nickel foam material. The EOR was studied in...