Conference paper
A Direct DME High Temperature PEM Fuel Cell
Dimethyl ether (DME) has been identified as an alternative to methanol for use in direct fuel cells. It combines the advantages of hydrogen in terms of pumpless fuel delivery and high energy density like methanol, but without the toxicity of the latter. The performance of a direct dimethyl ether fuel cell suffers greatly from the very low DME-water miscibility.
To cope with the problem polybenzimidazole (PBI) based membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) have been made and tested in a vapor fed system. PtRu on carbon has been used as anode catalyst and air at ambient pressure was used as oxidant. A power density of 79 mW/cm² has been achieved at 200 °C.
Language: | English |
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Year: | 2012 |
Proceedings: | Pacific Rim Meeting on Electrochemical and Solid-State Science |
ISSN: | 19386737 and 19385862 |
Types: | Conference paper |
ORCIDs: | Jensen, Jens Oluf , Li, Qingfeng , Cleemann, Lars Nilausen and Bjerrum, Niels |