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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 35, Issue 3, Pages 1339-1346Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.11.067
Keywords
Carbon nanotubes; Catalyst support; Electrocatalyst; Direct ethanol fuel cell; Polarization characteristics; Micro fuel cell
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- ACARD, USA
- IITM, India
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Multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs) have been synthesized by chemical vapour deposition technique using AB(3) alloy hydride catalyst. Platinum supported MWNTs (Pt/MWNTs) and platinum-tin supported MWNTs (Pt-Sn/MWNTs) electrocatalysts have been prepared by chemical reduction method. MWNTs and electrocatalysts have been characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), high resolution TEM (HRTEM) and Energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDAX). The anode and cathode electrodes for DEFC have been fabricated using Pt-Sn/MWNTs and 1:1 Pt/MWNTs + Pt/C electrocatalyst respectively. Performances of Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (DEFC) with these electrodes have been studied at different temperatures of the membrane electrode assembly at ambient fuel conditions and the results have been discussed. A maximum power density of 38.6 mW/cm(2) at a current density of 130 mA/cm(2) is obtained. A six cell planar Micro Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (mu-DEFC) stack was also constructed using these electrocatalysts and etched printed circuit boards as anode and cathode current collectors. A maximum power density of 2 mW/cm(2) was achieved when the mu-DEFC was operated in air breathing mode at room temperature. This enhancement of the performance may be attributed to dispersion and accessibility of MWNTs support and Pt-Sn in the electrocatalyst mixture for ethanol oxidation reaction. (C) 2009 Professor T. Nejat Veziroglu. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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