Design and development of micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) for portable application

A passive, air-breathing single cell and a multi-cell stack micro direct methanol fuel cell with 1.0 cm2 active area were designed, fabricated and tested. The fuel cell was completely passive without any ancillary device such as pump. Oxygen was taken from the surrounding air, and the methanol solut...

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Main Authors: N. Hashim, S.K. Kamarudin, W.R.W. Daud
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7447/
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spelling ukm-74472016-12-14T06:44:07Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7447/ Design and development of micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) for portable application N. Hashim, S.K. Kamarudin, W.R.W. Daud, A passive, air-breathing single cell and a multi-cell stack micro direct methanol fuel cell with 1.0 cm2 active area were designed, fabricated and tested. The fuel cell was completely passive without any ancillary device such as pump. Oxygen was taken from the surrounding air, and the methanol solution was stored in a built-in reservoir. The performance of the single cell was tested with different methanol concentrations ranging from 1.0 M to 5.0 M, and the optimum performance was achieved by using methanol at a concentration of 4.0 M. A stack with 6 cells was fabricated and tested with the optimum methanol concentration of 4.0 M, and power levels produced by different catalyst loadings on the anode were compared. The combination of a catalyst loading of 3.0 mg cm-2 Pt/Ru on the anode and 2.0 mg cm-2 Pt on the cathode yielded the highest power of 12.05 mW at 1.08 V and 11.2 mA. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2010-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7447/1/26_Ayiesah.pdf N. Hashim, and S.K. Kamarudin, and W.R.W. Daud, (2010) Design and development of micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) for portable application. Sains Malaysiana, 39 (6). pp. 1015-1023. ISSN 0126-6039 http://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol39num6_2010/contentsVol39num6_2010.html
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description A passive, air-breathing single cell and a multi-cell stack micro direct methanol fuel cell with 1.0 cm2 active area were designed, fabricated and tested. The fuel cell was completely passive without any ancillary device such as pump. Oxygen was taken from the surrounding air, and the methanol solution was stored in a built-in reservoir. The performance of the single cell was tested with different methanol concentrations ranging from 1.0 M to 5.0 M, and the optimum performance was achieved by using methanol at a concentration of 4.0 M. A stack with 6 cells was fabricated and tested with the optimum methanol concentration of 4.0 M, and power levels produced by different catalyst loadings on the anode were compared. The combination of a catalyst loading of 3.0 mg cm-2 Pt/Ru on the anode and 2.0 mg cm-2 Pt on the cathode yielded the highest power of 12.05 mW at 1.08 V and 11.2 mA.
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author N. Hashim,
S.K. Kamarudin,
W.R.W. Daud,
spellingShingle N. Hashim,
S.K. Kamarudin,
W.R.W. Daud,
Design and development of micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) for portable application
author_facet N. Hashim,
S.K. Kamarudin,
W.R.W. Daud,
author_sort N. Hashim,
title Design and development of micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) for portable application
title_short Design and development of micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) for portable application
title_full Design and development of micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) for portable application
title_fullStr Design and development of micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) for portable application
title_full_unstemmed Design and development of micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) for portable application
title_sort design and development of micro direct methanol fuel cell (μdmfc) for portable application
publisher Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate 2010
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7447/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7447/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/7447/1/26_Ayiesah.pdf
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