Nanoporous gold anode catalyst for direct borohydride fuel cell

Novel Anode Catalyst for Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

PtRu catalyst is a promising anodic catalyst for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) but the slow reaction kinetics reduce the performance of DMFCs. Therefore, this study attempts to improve the performance of PtRu catalysts by adding nickel (Ni) and iron (Fe). Multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) are used to increase the active area of the catalyst and to improve the catalyst performance. Elec...

A direct borohydride—Acid peroxide fuel cell

A fuel cell operating with aqueous sodium borohydride and hydrogen peroxide streams, with one, two and four cells (electrode area 64, 128 nd 256 cm2) connected in a bipolar mode in a filterpress flow cell is reported. The oxidation of borohydride ion was carried out on Au/C particles upported on a carbon felt electrode while the reduction of hydrogen peroxide was carried out on carbon supported...

Mixed phase Pt-Ru catalyst for direct methanol fuel cell anode by flame aerosol synthesis

Transient studies of perovskite anode catalyst for a direct CH4 Solid Oxide Fuel Cell

Introduction: The direct use of CH4 as the feed to the solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) will allow elimination of a reformer, simplifying the SOFC system and decreasing the system cost [1]. The overall reaction on the anode catalyst in the direct CH4 SOFC is the electrochemical oxidation of CH4: CH4 + 4O CO2 + 2H2O + 8e. Due to the nature of hydrocarbon reactions at high temperature and the reducin...

Direct N2H4/H2O2 Fuel Cells Powered by Nanoporous Gold Leaves

Dealloyed nanoporous gold leaves (NPGLs) are found to exhibit high electrocatalytic properties toward both hydrazine (N(2)H(4)) oxidation and hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) reduction. This observation allows the implementation of a direct hydrazine-hydrogen peroxide fuel cell (DHHPFC) based on these novel porous membrane catalysts. The effects of fuel and oxidizer flow rate, concentration and cel...