Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 257, Issue -, Pages 237-245Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.01.113
Keywords
Fuel cells; Methanol; Silicon Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; PEM
Funding
- Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation
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This article describes the fabrication and characterization of a silicon based micro direct methanol fuel cell using a Nafion ionomer membrane integrated into a perforated silicon plate. The focus of this work is to provide a platform for micro- and nanostructuring of a combined current collector and catalytic electrode. AC impedance spectroscopy is utilized alongside IV characterization to determine the influence of the plate perforation geometries on the cell performance. It is found that higher ratios of perforation increases peak power density, with the highest achieved being 2.5 mW cm(-2) at a perforation ratio of 403%. The presented fuel cells also show a high volumetric peak power density of 2 mW cm(-3) in light of the small system volume of 480 mu L, while being fully self contained and passively feed. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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