Effect of Nafion loading and the novel flow field designs on Innovative anode electrocatalyst for improved DMFCs performance
dc.contributor.author | Thanarajan, K | |
dc.contributor.author | Velumani, T | |
dc.contributor.author | Chandran, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Karthikeyan, P | |
dc.contributor.author | Thirkell, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Fly, A | |
dc.contributor.author | Chen, R | |
dc.contributor.author | Sundaram, S | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-25T08:30:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-06-27 | |
dc.description.abstract | Efficiency of a Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) not just merely depends on the catalyst, but also on the flow channels, physical/electrochemical kinetics, Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) preparation and other operating parameters. This article is focused on the influence of novel flow field design and the effect of Nafion loading during MEA preparation on the performance of DMFC. A novel Pt/NiTiO3 was used as the anode electrocatalyst in the DMFC. The results show a 27.8 % & 5.1 % increment in cell performance due to changes in Nafion loading and flow field designs, respectively. A Nafion loading of 0.5mg/cm2 and the sinuous flow field gave the highest performance. Thus, Pt-NiTiO3/C performed to be an encouraging anode catalyst with the new sinuous flow field. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | DST-UKIERI | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Loughborough University | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 276, article 128222 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.matlet.2020.128222 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | DST/INT/UK/P121/ 2016 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/121652 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Elsevier | en_GB |
dc.rights.embargoreason | Under embargo until 27 June 2021 in compliance with publisher policy | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2020. This version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Direct Methanol Fuel cell | en_GB |
dc.subject | Electrocatalyst | en_GB |
dc.subject | Nafion Binder | en_GB |
dc.subject | Flow Fields | en_GB |
dc.title | Effect of Nafion loading and the novel flow field designs on Innovative anode electrocatalyst for improved DMFCs performance | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2020-06-25T08:30:13Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0167-577X | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Materials Letters | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2020-06-24 | |
rioxxterms.version | AM | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2020-06-24 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2020-06-25T07:55:20Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | AM | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-06-26T23:00:00Z | |
refterms.panel | B | en_GB |
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