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 …

Effects of channel geometry and electrode architecture on reactant transportation in membraneless microfluidic fuel cells: A review

M Tanveer, ES Lim, KY Kim - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The review article introduces the development in membraneless microfluidic fuel cells
(MMFCs) focusing on the microchannel geometry and electrode architecture and …

Liquid-flow thermocells with high hybrid entropy for low-grade heat harvesting

H Chen, H Zou, F Zhong, M Qu, S Zhao, X Wei, D Hong… - Nano Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Liquid-state thermocells (LITCs) have a promising for efficient low-grade waste heat
harvesting. However, its practical application is restricted by low ionic thermopower and …

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 …

Flexible H2O2 microfluidic fuel cell using graphene/Prussian blue catalyst for high performance

Y Yang, Y Xue, H Zhang, H Chang - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
Microfluidic fuel cells exploit the laminar-flow pattern to eliminate the physical separator in
conventional fuel cells, and represent one type of promising devices to power the …

Modeling and experimental validation of electrochemical reduction of CO2 to CO in a microfluidic cell

K Wu, E Birgersson, B Kim, PJA Kenis… - Journal of The …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
A steady-state isothermal model is presented for the electrochemical reduction of CO 2 to
CO in a microfluidic flow cell. The full cell model integrates the transport of charge, mass …

Modeling and upscaling analysis of gas diffusion electrode-based electrochemical carbon dioxide reduction systems

Z Yang, D Li, L **ng, H **ang, J Xuan… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
As an emerging technology for CO2 utilization, electrochemical CO2 reduction reaction
(ECO2RR) systems incorporating gas diffusion electrodes (GDE) have the potential to …

Minimizing mass transfer losses in microbial fuel cells: theories, progresses and prospectives

W Yang, J Li, Q Fu, L Zhang, Z Wei, Q Liao… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as a technology than can convert chemical energy in wastewater
into electricity has attracted increasing attentions. Improvements of the performance of MFCs …

A direct urea microfluidic fuel cell with flow-through Ni-supported-carbon-nanotube-coated sponge as porous electrode

H Zhang, Y Wang, Z Wu, DYC Leung - Journal of Power Sources, 2017 - Elsevier
A direct urea microfluidic fuel cell (UMFC) is demonstrated using a Ni-supported-carbon-
nanotube-coated sponge (Ni/CNT@ Sponge) as the flow-through porous anode. Ni/CNT …

Microfluidic microbial fuel cells: from membrane to membrane free

Y Yang, D Ye, J Li, X Zhu, Q Liao, B Zhang - Journal of Power Sources, 2016 - Elsevier
Microfluidic microbial fuel cells (MMFCs) are small carbon-neutral devices that use self-
organized bacteria to degrade organic substrates and harness energy from the waste water …