A Self-Supported Direct Borohydride-Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cell System
Abstract
:Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. The operating principle of DBFCs
2.2. Single cell studies
Reactant | NaBH4 | NaOH | H2O2 | H2SO4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stoichometric (g) | x | 8.46x | 3.6x | 10.37x | 23.43 x |
Experimental (g) | x | 9.47x | 4x | 11.61x | 26.08x + H2O weight |
2.2.1. Optimization of oxidant concentration
2.2.2. Optimization of fuel concentration
2.3. Studies on the DBFC stack
2.3.1. Optimization of oxidant concentration
H2O2 (M) in 1.5 M H2SO4 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Operating time (min.) | 37 | 41 | 47 | 52 | 36 |
2.3.2. Optimization of fuel concentration
NaBH4 (wt. %) in 11 wt. % NaOH | 30 | 15 | 8 | 4 |
Operating time (min) | - | - | 52 | 40 |
2.3.3. Stack polarization
2.4. Self-supported DBFC system
2.5. Operating-time enhancement for the DBFC system
2.6. Safety
3. Experimental
3.1. Membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs)
3.2. Bipolar plate
3.3. Stack assembly
3.4. Construction and working of self- supported DBFC system
3.5. Electrochemical characterization of single cell and multi-cell stack
4. Conclusions
Acknowledgements
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Khadke, P.S.; Sethuraman, P.; Kandasamy, P.; Parthasarathi, S.; Shukla, A.K. A Self-Supported Direct Borohydride-Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cell System. Energies 2009, 2, 190-201. https://doi.org/10.3390/en20200190
Khadke PS, Sethuraman P, Kandasamy P, Parthasarathi S, Shukla AK. A Self-Supported Direct Borohydride-Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cell System. Energies. 2009; 2(2):190-201. https://doi.org/10.3390/en20200190
Chicago/Turabian StyleKhadke, Prashant S., Pitchumani Sethuraman, Palanivelu Kandasamy, Sridhar Parthasarathi, and Ashok K. Shukla. 2009. "A Self-Supported Direct Borohydride-Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cell System" Energies 2, no. 2: 190-201. https://doi.org/10.3390/en20200190