Development and performance analysis of a metallic passive micro-direct methanol fuel cell for portable applications

Functionalized and Electrospun Polymeric Materials as High-Performance Membranes for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell: A Review

Proton exchange membranes (PEM) for a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) have main drawbacks which are methanol permeability, reduced proton conductivity and the cost of the membrane. This paper reviews different polymeric materials such as fluorinated, non-fluorinated, acid-base complex, and composite membranes for DMFC. Currently, nonfluorinated membranes gain a lot of atte...

Development of Conceptual Design Model of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell for a Portable Application

Please cite this article as: Ismail A., Kamaruddin S. K., Daud W. R. W. and Masdar M. S., (2012), Development of conceptual design model of direct methanol fuel cell for a portable application, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 29, 349-354 349 Development of Conceptual Design Model of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell for a Portable Application Azlina Ismail, Siti Kartom Kamarudin*, Wan Ramli W. Daud,...

Experimental Investigation of a Passive Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC) are getting increasing attention as a possible power source for application in the field of power electronics where the energy requirements are relatively small. The major advantage of the DMFC is their high energy density in comparison to the conventional batteries. In this study, the performance of a passive direct methanol fuel cell was investigated under fi...

Transient investigation of passive alkaline membrane direct methanol fuel cell

Passive direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is considered as an attractive power source for portable devices. In this study, a transient multiphase model for passive alkaline anion exchange membrane DMFC (AAEMDMFC) is developed. The results show that the power density decreases during the operation and is more difficult to maintain stable with higher current density or lower voltage. The fuel effi...

Spiral Methanol to Hydrogen Micro-Reformer for Fuel Cell Applications