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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

An innovative model for biofilm-based microfluidic microbial fuel cells

T Ouyang, X Hu, W Liu, X Shi, J Lu - Journal of Power Sources, 2022 - Elsevier
Compared with traditional microbial fuel cells, the microfluidic microbial fuel cells have
higher performance and energy efficiency due to their co-laminar flow characteristic and …

Enhancing fuel transport in air-breathing microfluidic fuel cells by immersed fuel micro-jet

Y Zhou, B Zhang, X Zhu, DD Ye, R Chen, T Zhang… - Journal of Power …, 2020 - Elsevier
Air-breathing microfluidic fuel cells with flow-over planar anodes can facilitate system
integration but suffer from the fuel concentration boundary layer over the anode, which …

Route towards high-performance microfluidic fuel cells: a review

Y Zhou, X Zhu, Y Yang, D Ye, R Chen… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
In the past twenty years, membrane-less microfluidic fuel cells (M-MFCs) have undergone a
rapid development as emerging chip-based power sources. They possess enormous …

Two-phase flow characteristic and gas removal strategy of the paper-based microfluidic fuel cell

T Ouyang, X Tan, R Yan, X **e, L Liang - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Paper-based microfluidic fuel cell powered by capillary force has the advantages of
compactness, low cost, and high sensitivity, presenting broad application prospects in …

A novel two-phase model for predicting the bubble formation and performance in microfluidic fuel cells

T Ouyang, J Chen, G Huang, J Lu, C Mo… - Journal of Power Sources, 2020 - Elsevier
The presence of gas affects the performance of liquid-fed microfluidic fuel cells. It is,
therefore, necessary to analyse the influence of gas/liquid flow on cell characteristics. A two …