Novel Anodic Catalyst Support for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell: Characterizations and Single-Cell Performances

Nanoscale Research Letters

S. K. Kamarudin¹  N. Abdullah¹  L. K. Shyuan¹ 

[1] Fuel Cell Institute, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia;

关键词: Direct methanol fuel cell;    Catalyst support;    Titanium dioxide;    Carbon nanofiber;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s11671-018-2498-1

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract This study introduces a novel titanium dioxide carbon nanofiber (TiO2-CNF) support for anodic catalyst in direct methanol fuel cell. The catalytic synthesis process involves several methods, namely the sol-gel, electrospinning, and deposition methods. The synthesized electrocatalyst is compared with other three electrocatalysts with different types of support. All of these electrocatalysts differ based on a number of physical and electrochemical characteristics. Experimental results show that the TiO2-CNF support gave the highest current density at 345.64 mA mgcatalyst −1, which is equivalent to 5.54-fold that of carbon support while the power density is almost double that of the commercial electrocatalyst.

【 授权许可】

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