Published August 1, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Effects of dissolved iron and chromium on the performance of direct methanol fuel cell

  • 1. School of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110168 (China)
  • 2. Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell Laboratory, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023 (China)

Description

Effects of Fe3+ and Cr3+ ions on the performance of direct methanol fuel cell were investigated. The results show that the cell performance decreased remarkably when the concentration of Fe3+ or Cr3+ exceeded 1 x 10-4 mol L-1. Fe3+ displayed a strong negative effect on the catalytic oxidation of methanol, while Cr3+ affected the cell performance primarily by exchanging with protons of the membrane/ionomer and resulted in ionic conductivity losses. Complete recovery of the cell performance was not obtained after flushing the cell with deionized water

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.electacta.2007.05.047;
PII
S0013-4686(07)00707-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Electrochimica Acta
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
24
Journal Page Range
p. 7115-7120
ISSN
0013-4686
CODEN
ELCAAV

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