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Optimum Of Catalyst Layers For Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, Jun Zhang, Lei Li, Li Xu, Yu-Xin Wan
Optimum Of Catalyst Layers For Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, Jun Zhang, Lei Li, Li Xu, Yu-Xin Wan
Journal of Electrochemistry
The performances of membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs)with various Pt loading were compared.The amount of Nafion in a catalytic layer was optimized,and the effect of Nafion loading on the resistance of MEAs was investigated with ac impedance spectroscopy.For a MEA with both Pt 4 mg/cm 2 in the anode and the cathode,suitable Nafion loading was 21.4 wt% in the anode.With 21.4 wt% Nafion loading in the cathode,the Direct Methanol Fuel Cells(DMFC) showed the highest performance at high current density.While,the DMFC performances came down,as Nafion loading increasing,for ohm and concentration polarization.
A Blend Conducting Membranes For Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, Lei Li, Jun Zhang, Hong Wu, Yu-Xin Wang
A Blend Conducting Membranes For Direct Methanol Fuel Cells, Lei Li, Jun Zhang, Hong Wu, Yu-Xin Wang
Journal of Electrochemistry
An attempt was made to modify membranes for direct methanol fuel cells by blending Nafion or polystyrene sulfonic acid (PSSA) with polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) from their solutions. The proton conductivity and methanol barrier property as a function of the membrane compositions are discussed. Compared with the Nafion 117 membrane, the PVDF_Nafion blend membranes with 25 wt% of Nafion showed a decrease in the conductivity by about 2 orders of magnitude, and the methanol barrier properties increased about 3 orders of magnitude. If the ratio (σ/P) is adopted to characterize the performance of the membrane, the PVDF_PSSA and PVDF_Nafiion blend …