Abstract
The impurities in methanol fuel, which is used for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs), greatly affect the performance of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs). The effect of ethanol in methanol fuel on the MEA performance was evaluated using the five different kinds of methanol fuels for reagent grade and industrial use. The impurities in the different kinds of methanol fuels that affected the performance of the MEAs were mainly ethanol evident by the analysis of the methanol fuels. Thus, this study suggests that the ethanol concentration in methanol fuels should be limited to achieve a higher performance of the MEAs.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 100-106 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry |
| Volume | 66 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2018 Oct 25 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the New and Renewable Energy Technology R&D Program of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP), granted financial resource from the Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy, Republic of Korea (No. 20143030031330 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Chemical Engineering(all)