Performance of a direct ethylene glycol fuel cell with an anion-exchange membrane

Liang An; T. S. Zhao; S. Y. Shen; Q. X. Wu; R. Chen

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.02.009

Performance of a direct ethylene glycol fuel cell with an anion-exchange membrane

Liang An, T. S. Zhao, S. Y. Shen, Q. X. Wu, R. Chen

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Abstract

This paper reports on the development and performance test of an alkaline direct ethylene glycol fuel cell. The fuel cell consists of an anion-exchange membrane with non-platinum electrocatalysts at both the anode and cathode. It is demonstrated that this type of fuel cell with relatively cheap membranes and catalysts can result in a maximum power density of 67 mW cm-2at 60 °C, which represents the highest performance that has so far been reported in the open literature. The high performance is mainly attributed to the increased kinetics of both the ethylene glycol oxidation reaction and oxygen reduction reaction rendered by the alkaline medium with the anion-exchange membrane. Nejat Veziroglu.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4329-4335
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	35
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.02.009
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Anion-exchange membrane
Direct oxidation fuel cell
Ethylene glycol
Fuel cell
Non-platinum catalyst
Operation conditions
Power density

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

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