Direct urea fuel cells: Challenges and opportunities

ET Sayed, T Eisa, HO Mohamed… - Journal of Power …, 2019 - Elsevier
Direct urea fuel cell (DUFC) is an attractive and inexpensive method for the simultaneous
wastewater treatment (urine and urea-contaminated water) and electricity generation. Many …

Microfluidics for electrochemical energy conversion

OA Ibrahim, M Navarro-Segarra, P Sadeghi… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Electrochemical energy conversion is an important supplement for storage and on-demand
use of renewable energy. In this regard, microfluidics offers prospects to raise the efficiency …

Effect of a micro heat sink geometric design on thermo-hydraulic performance: A review

Y Alihosseini, MZ Targhi, MM Heyhat… - Applied Thermal …, 2020 - Elsevier
With progress in technology and miniaturization of electronic devices, liquid coolants were
used increasingly in personal computers, laptops, servers, and supercomputers. Micro heat …

A versatile and membrane-less electrochemical reactor for the electrolysis of water and brine

SMH Hashemi, P Karnakov, P Hadikhani… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Renewables challenge the management of energy supply and demand due to their
intermittency. A promising solution is the direct conversion of the excess electrical energy …

Computational modeling studies on microfluidic fuel cell: A prospective review

B Wu, X Xu, G Dong, M Zhang, S Luo… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microfluidic fuel cell (MFC) is a burgeoning category of micro fuel cell technology based on
laminar flow electrolytes. The merits of MFC, such as the absence of membrane electrolyte …

A high performance dual electrolyte microfluidic reactor for the utilization of CO2

X Lu, DYC Leung, H Wang, J Xuan - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
The pH-differential membraneless architecture could enhance the thermodynamic property
and raise the electrochemical performance of a dual electrolyte microfluidic reactor (DEMR) …

Revelation mechanism of polarisation process and strategies for high performance in microfluidic fuel cells: A review

T Ouyang, W Liu, J Chen, X Shi, L Liang - International Journal of Heat and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The microfluidic fuel cell is one of the most promising micro power sources for the portable
electronic devices due to the low cost, environmental friendliness, and substantial power …

Highly efficient conversion of carbohydrates into formic acid with a heterogeneous MgO catalyst at near-ambient temperatures

L Wu, Y Yang, J Cheng, X Shi, H Zhong… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The conversion of carbohydrate biomass to formic acid (FA) is drawing increasing research
attention in the pursuit for more sustainable and greener synthesis of chemicals/fuels; …

Pore-scale modeling of oxygen transport in the catalyst layer of air-breathing cathode in membraneless microfluidic fuel cells

YL Fu, B Zhang, X Zhu, DD Ye, PC Sui, N Djilali - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The air-breathing membraneless microfluidic fuel cell is one of the potential micro-fuel cells.
Different from conventional membrane-based micro-fuel cells, its cathode catalyst layer …

Enhanced gas removal and cell performance of a microfluidic fuel cell by a paper separator embedded in the microchannel

Q Lan, D Ye, X Zhu, R Chen, Q Liao - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The generated gas bubbles in microfluidic fuel cells (MFCs) cover the active surface area of
the electrode and greatly limit the cell performance. In this study, a feasible approach is …