Membrane technology direct methanol fuel cells

Franco AA (2012) PEMFC degradation modeling and analysis. In Hartnig C, Roth C (eds) Polymer electrolyte membrane and direct methanol fuel cell technology (PEMFCs and DMFCs). Volume 1 Fundamentals and performance. Woodhead, Cambridge, UK... 

Polymer electrolyte membrane and direct methanol fuel cell technology Volume 1 Fundamentals and performance of low temperature fuel cells... 

Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology (ISBN 978-1-84569-774-7)... 

K.W. Feindel, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques for polymer electrolyte membrane and direct alcohol fuel ceU characterization, in C. Hattnig, C. Roth (Eds.), Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology, In Sim Characterization Techniques for Low Temperature Fuel Cells, vol. 2, Woodhead Publishing Limited, Cambridge, UK, 2012. 

Polymer electrolyte membrane and direct methanol fuel cell technology... 

D.S. Hussey and D.L. Jacobson, Neutron radiography for high resolution studies in low temperature fuel cells , in Polymer electrolyte membrane and direct methanol fuel cell technology. Volume 2 In situ characterisation techniquesfor low temperature fuel cells. Ch. 7. (2012) WoodheadPubhshing, Oxford. 

Hinebaugh, J., Bazylak, A., and Mukheijee, P. P. 2012. Multi-scale modeling of two-phase transport in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Ch. Hartnig, Ch. Roth (Eds), Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Technology, Volume 1. Oxford Woodhead Publishing, pp. 254-290. 

The electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol has been widely investigated for exploitation in the so-called direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). The most likely type of DMFC to be commercialized in the near future seems to be the polymer electrolyte membrane DMFC using proton exchange membrane, a special form of low-temperature fuel cell based on PEM technology. In this cell, methanol (a liquid fuel available at low cost, easily handled, stored, and transported) is dissolved in an acid electrolyte and burned directly by air to carbon dioxide. The prominence of the DMFCs with respect to safety, simple device fabrication, and low cost has rendered them promising candidates for applications ranging from portable power sources to secondary cells for prospective electric vehicles. Notwithstanding, DMFCs were... 

In addition to these smaller applications, fuel cells can be used in portable generators, such as those used to provide electricity for portable equipment. Thousands of portable fuel cell systems have been developed and operated worldwide, ranging from 1 watt to 1.5 kilowatts in power. The two primary technologies for portable applications are polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) and direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) designs. 

All fuel cells for use in vehicles are based on proton-exchange-membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) technology. The methanol fuel-processor fuel cell (FPFC) vehicle comprises an on-board fuel processor with downstream PEMFC. On-board methanol reforming was a development focus of industry for a number of years until around 2002. Direct-methanol fuel cells (DMFC) are no longer considered for the propulsion of commercial vehicles in the industry (see also Chapter 13). 

In last few years there has been considerable amount of activity in using ink-jet technology for printing different components of a fuel cell particularly those for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC). The various components reported to have been printed using ink-jet are as follows ... 

The technology of radiation grafting of membranes is particularly interesting for the direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), because the process parameters can be easily tuned to produce membranes with lower water and methanol... 

This period ended only in the mid-1990s, when great success was achieved with membrane hydrogen fuel cells and with methanol fuel cells. Lamy et al. titled their 2000 review Direct methanol fuel cells From a 20th century electrochemists dream to a 21st century emerging technology. ... 

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