论文信息 - Methanol conditioning for improved performance of formic acid fuel cells

Methanol conditioning for improved performance of formic acid fuel cells

Abstract This paper considers the effect of methanol pretreatment on the performance of a direct formic acid fuel cell (DFAFC). We find that conditioning of the cell in methanol results in a substantial increase in current. The current at 60 °C increases from 95 to 320 mA/cm 2 at 0.3 V. The maximum power density increases from 33 to 119 mW/cm 2 . The cell resistance decreases from 0.37 to 0.32 Ω cm 2 . CO stripping experiments show that the catalyst is not being greatly affected by these changes. Our interpretation of the data is that the anode layer of membrane electrolyte assembly (MEA) undergoes some change during the methanol conditioning. The change improves the performance.

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