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Methanol and water crossover in a passive liquid-feed direct methanol fuel cell

Journal

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 35, Issue 4, Pages 1769-1777

Publisher

PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.12.055

Keywords

Passive DMFC; Methanol crossover; Water crossover; Fuel efficiency; Cell performance

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  1. National Science Foundation [CBET-0730349]

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Methanol crossover, water crossover, and fuel efficiency for a passive liquid-feed direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) were all experimentally determined based on the mass balance of the cell discharged under different current loads. The effects of different operating conditions such as current density and methanol concentration, as well as the addition of a hydrophobic water management layer, on the methanol and water crossover were investigated. Different from the active DMFC, the cell temperature of the passive DMFC increased with the current density, and the changes of methanol and water crossover with current density were inherently coupled with the temperature rise. When feeding with 2-4 M methanol solution, with an increase in current density, both the methanol crossover and the water crossover increased, while the fuel efficiency first increased but then decreased slightly. The results also showed that a reduction of water crossover from the anode to the cathode was always accompanied with a reduction of methanol crossover. Not only did the water management layer result in lower water crossover or achieve neutral or reverse water transport, but it also lowered the methanol crossover and increased the fuel efficiency. (c) 2010 Professor T. Nejat Veziroglu. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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