Direct alcohol fuel cells: a comparative review of acidic and alkaline systems

E Berretti, L Osmieri, V Baglio, HA Miller… - Electrochemical Energy …, 2023 - Springer
In the last 20 years, direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) have been the subject of tremendous
research efforts for the potential application as on-demand power sources. Two leading …

A review of gas diffusion layer in PEM fuel cells: Materials and designs

S Park, JW Lee, BN Popov - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2012 - Elsevier
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 …

Anion-exchange membranes in electrochemical energy systems

JR Varcoe, P Atanassov, DR Dekel… - Energy & …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This article provides an up-to-date perspective on the use of anion-exchange membranes in
fuel cells, electrolysers, redox flow batteries, reverse electrodialysis cells, and …

Electrodeposited Co-doped NiSe 2 nanoparticles film: a good electrocatalyst for efficient water splitting

T Liu, AM Asiri, X Sun - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In this communication, we report that a Co-doped NiSe2 nanoparticles film electrodeposited
on a conductive Ti plate (Co0. 13Ni0. 87Se2/Ti) behaves as a robust electrocatalyst for both …

An amorphous CoSe film behaves as an active and stable full water-splitting electrocatalyst under strongly alkaline conditions

T Liu, Q Liu, AM Asiri, Y Luo, X Sun - Chemical communications, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
It is attractive but still remains a big challenge to develop non-noble metal bifunctional
electrocatalysts efficient for both oxygen evolution reaction (OER) and hydrogen evolution …

[HTML][HTML] Alkaline direct alcohol fuel cells

E Antolini, ER Gonzalez - Journal of Power Sources, 2010 - Elsevier
The faster kinetics of the alcohol oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions in alkaline direct
alcohol fuel cells (ADAFCs), opening up the possibility of using less expensive metal …

Polymeric materials as anion-exchange membranes for alkaline fuel cells

G Couture, A Alaaeddine, F Boschet… - Progress in Polymer …, 2011 - Elsevier
After summarizing the different fuel cells systems, including advantages and drawbacks, this
review focuses on the preparation of copolymers and polymeric materials as starting …

Prospects for alkaline anion‐exchange membranes in low temperature fuel cells

JR Varcoe, RCT Slade - Fuel cells, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
This article introduces the radical approach of applying alkaline anion‐exchange
membranes (AAEMs) to meet the current challenges with regards to direct methanol fuel …

High‐Performance alkaline polymer electrolyte for fuel cell applications

J Pan, S Lu, Y Li, A Huang… - Advanced Functional …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Although the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) has made great progress in
recent decades, its commercialization has been hindered by a number of factors, among …

Principles and materials aspects of direct alkaline alcohol fuel cells

EH Yu, U Krewer, K Scott - Energies, 2010 - mdpi.com
Direct alkaline alcohol fuel cells (DAAFCs) have attracted increasing interest over the past
decade because of their favourable reaction kinetics in alkaline media, higher energy …