Although fuel cell (FC) has been regarded as promising “green” power generator, the Pt-based catalysts in FC hampered their further development for its high cost and scarcity. Direct methanol (DMFC) another kind of proton exchange membrane (PEMFC) manifested that Pd also performs a certain activity oxidation reaction (MOR). To better know mechanism MOR, we present DFT study on first step MOR Pd...

In this work, Pt, Fe and Co nanoparticles were prepared by chemical reduction of the metal salts in chitosan as the support. NaBH4 was used as the reducing agent Pt-Fe, Pt-Co and Pt-Fe-Co-chitosan nanocomposites were synthesized and characterized by UV–Vis spectra and Transmission electron microscopy images. GC/Pt-chitosan, GC/Pt-Co-chitosan, GC/Pt-Fe-chitosan and GC/Pt-Co-Fe-chitosan electrode...

Based on a previously developed polyamide proton conductive macromolecule, the nano-scale structure of the self-assembled proton conductive channels (PCCs) is adjusted via enlarging the nano-scale pore size within the macromolecules. Hyperbranched polyamide macromolecules with different size are synthesized from different monomers to tune the nano-scale pore size within the macromolecules, and ...

This paper describes the fuel cell research activities conducted in the National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan. A series of fuel cell power research for transportation were based on the academic fundamentals of the molecular dynamics (MD), fluid dynamics and system dynamics, scoped from micro-scale, messo-scale, macro-scale analyses to the system level of fuel cell vehicle design. Various powe...

In recent years, as the mobile equipment advances, higher output and higher energy density are required of the battery which drives the mobile equipment. As one of the solutions, development of portable fuel cells (DMFC) with methanol used for fuel has been progressed and the fuel cells will be soon put to practical use. The authors have developed a small air pump (0.2W output), which is mounte...

High-Performance Alkaline Direct Methanol Fuel Cell using a Nitrogen-Postdoped Anode Report Title A commercial PtRu/C catalyst postdoped with nitrogen demonstrates a significantly higher performance (?10–20?% improvement) in the anode of an alkaline direct methanol fuel cell than an unmodified commercial PtRu/C catalyst control. The enhanced performance shown herein is attributed at least parti...

The electrochemical reduction of CO2 is an efficient method to convert waste into hydrocarbon fuels, among which methanol the direct liquid fuel in cells (DMFC). Copper most widely used catalyst for reaction (CO2RR); affected by surface morphology copper. Here, effect and mechanism CO2RR on three typical low-index Cu (100), (110) (111) surfaces are studied. According our results, provides optim...

The performance and stability of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) with membrane electrode assemblies (MEA) using different Nafion contents (30, 50 and 70 wt % or MEA30, MEA50 and MEA70, respectively) and graphitized carbon nanofiber (GNF) supported PtRu catalyst at the anode was investigated by a constant current measurement of 9 days (230 h) in a DMFC and characterization with various techni...

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