Issue 6, 2011

An alkaline direct ethanolfuel cell with a cation exchange membrane

Abstract

A barrier that limits the performance of anion exchange membrane (AEM) direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs) is that state-of-the-art AEMs do not allow the fuel cell to operate at high temperatures (< 60 °C). Here we describe an alkaline DEFC that employs a cation exchange membrane (CEM) and show that this type of CEM-DEFC can stably discharge with a high power density at an operating temperature as high as 90 °C.

Graphical abstract: An alkaline direct ethanol fuel cell with a cation exchange membrane

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Jan 2011
Accepted
30 Mar 2011
First published
28 Apr 2011

Energy Environ. Sci., 2011,4, 2213-2217

An alkaline direct ethanol fuel cell with a cation exchange membrane

L. An and T. S. Zhao, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 2213 DOI: 10.1039/C1EE00002K

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