期刊
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
卷 196, 期 24, 页码 10625-10631出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.08.080
关键词
Direct ethanol fuel cells; Direct alcohol fuel cells; Ethanol oxidation; Fuel cell operating parameters; Cell performance
资金
- National Research Council Canada-Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation (NRC-IFCI)
- Agriculture Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) through the Agricultural Bioproducts Innovation Network (ABIP)
A parametric study was conducted on the performance of direct ethanol fuel cells. The membrane electrode assemblies employed were composed of a Nafion (R) 117 membrane, a Pt/C cathode and a PtRu/C anode. The effect of cathode backpressure, cell temperature, ethanol solution flow rate, ethanol concentration, and oxygen now rate were evaluated by measuring the cell voltage as a function of current density for each set of conditions. The effect of the anode diffusion media was also studied. It was found that the cell performance was enhanced by increasing the cell temperature and the cathode backpressure. On the contrary, the cell performance was virtually independent of oxygen and fuel solution flow rates. Performance variations were encountered only at very low flow rates. The effect of the ethanol concentration on the performance was as expected, mass transport loses observed at low concentrations and kinetic loses at high ethanol concentration due to fuel crossover. The open circuit voltage appeared to be independent of most operating parameters and was only significantly affected by the ethanol concentration. It was also established that the anode diffusion media had an important effect on the cell performance. Crown Copyright (C) 2011 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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