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A Solid-polymer Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with a Methanol-tolerant Cathode and its Mathematical Modelling

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Solid-polymer electrolyte direct methanol fuel cells (SPE-DMFCs) employing carbon-supported Pt–Fe as oxygen-reduction catalyst to mitigate the effect of methanol on cathode performance while operating with oxygen or air have been assembled. These SPE-DMFCs provided maximum power densities of 250 and 120 mW cm−2 at 85 °C on operating with oxygen and air, respectively. The polarization data for the SPE-DMFCs and their constituent electrodes have also been derived numerically employing a model based on phenomenological transport equations for the catalyst layer, diffusion layer and the membrane electrolyte.

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  1. Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560 012, India

    R.K. Raman & A.K. Shukla

  2. CRS4, Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico, POLARIS, Edificio 1, I - 09010 Pula, Cagliari, Italy

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Raman, R., Murgia, G. & Shukla, A. A Solid-polymer Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with a Methanol-tolerant Cathode and its Mathematical Modelling. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 34, 1029–1038 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:JACH.0000042674.78355.6c

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