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Advances in mixed-reactant fuel cells

Lookup NU author(s): Emeritus Professor Keith Scott

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Abstract

The mixed-reactant fuel cell (MRFC) is a new concept, in which a mixture of aqueous fuel and gaseous oxygen (or air) flows directly through a porous anode-electrolyte-cathode structure or through a strip-cell with an anode-electrolyte-cathode configuration. These structures can be single cells or parallel stacks of cells and may be in a planar, tubular or any other geometry. Selectivity in the electrocatalysts for MRFCs is mandatory to minimize mixed-potential at the electrodes, which otherwise would reduce the available cell voltage and compromise the fuel efficiency. MRFC offers a cost effective solution in fuel cell design, since there is no need for gas-tight structure within the stack and, as a consequence, considerable reduction in sealing, manifolding and reactants delivery structure is possible. In recent years, significant advances have been made in MRFCs, using methanol as a fuel. This paper reviews the status of mixed reactant fuel cells and reports some recent experimental data for methanol fuel cell systems. © 2005 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co, KGaA, Weinheim.


Publication metadata

Author(s): Shukla AK, Raman RK, Scott K

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Fuel Cells

Year: 2005

Volume: 5

Issue: 4

Pages: 436-447

Print publication date: 01/12/2005

ISSN (print): 1615-6846

ISSN (electronic): 1615-6854

Publisher: Wiley

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fuce.200400075

DOI: 10.1002/fuce.200400075


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