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ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 7, Issue 3, Pages 288-294Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2005.01.011
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passive DMFC; air breathing; cell performance; methanol concentration; methanol crossover; efficiency
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A passive, air-breathing liquid feed direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), with no external pumps or other auxiliary devices, was designed, fabricated and tested with different methanol concentrations. It was found that the cell performance was improved substantially with an increase in methanol concentration; a maximum of power density of 20 mW/cm(2) was achieved with 5.0 M methanol solution. The measurements indicated that the better performance with higher methanol concentrations was mainly attributed to the increase in the cell operating temperature caused by the exothermic reaction between permeated methanol and oxygen on the cathode. This finding was subsequently confirmed by the fact that the cell performance was degraded, when the cell running with higher methanol concentrations was cooled down to room temperature. (C) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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