As one of the substitute power sources with low environmental impact and high energy
density, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) show great potentials in applications of portable …

The gas diffusion layer (GDL) plays a key role on reactant gas diffusion and water
management in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. This paper reviews recent …

Fuel cells and solar energy are promising candidates for electricity generation. It is forecast
that fuel cells and solar power systems will play an important role in reducing the …

Porous metals are very popular functional materials that have been used for various fields
due to their attractive properties such as high porosity, controllable permeability, and high …

Clean and highly efficient energy production has long been sought to solve energy and
environmental problems. Fuel cells, which convert the chemical energies stored in fuel …

Small, stand-alone, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) that have no auxiliary liquid pumps
and gas blowers/compressors are known as passive DMFCs. The devices are ideal for …

A novel ionic liquid-impregnated metal–organic-framework (IL@ NH2-MIL-101) was
prepared and introduced into sulfonated poly (arylene ether ketone) with pendent carboxyl …

Conventional channel flow fields of open cathode Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells
(PEMFCs) introduce some challenges linked to humidity, temperature, pressure and oxygen …

The status of research and development of polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) for direct
methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) is described. Perfluorosulfonic acid membranes, eg Nafion, are …

current knowledge in the basic research areas is presented and particular emphasis is given
to required breakthroughs. The technology section deals with the fabrication methodologies …