An alkaline direct ethylene glycol fuel cell with an alkali-doped polybenzimidazole membrane

Liang An; L. Zeng; T. S. Zhao

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.06.042

An alkaline direct ethylene glycol fuel cell with an alkali-doped polybenzimidazole membrane

Liang An, L. Zeng, T. S. Zhao

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Abstract

An alkaline direct ethylene glycol fuel cell (DEGFC) with an alkali-doped polybenzimidazole membrane (APM) is developed and tested. It is demonstrated that the use of APMs enables the present fuel cell to operate at high temperatures. The fuel cell results in the peak power densities of 80 mW cm-2at 60 °C and 112 mW cm-2at 90 °C, respectively. The power output at 60 °C is found to be 67% higher than that by DEGFCs with proton exchange membranes, which is mainly attributed to the superior electrochemical kinetics of both ethylene glycol oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions in alkaline media.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	10602-10606
Number of pages	5
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	38
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.06.042
Publication status	Published - 21 Aug 2013
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Alkali-doped polybenzimidazole
Direct ethylene glycol fuel cell
Ethylene glycol
Fuel cell
Membrane

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Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
Condensed Matter Physics
Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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