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DMFC performances using a pore-filling polymer electrolyte membrane for portable usages

2005; Elsevier BV; Volume: 7; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.elecom.2005.04.030

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Takeo Yamaguchi, Hidenori Kuroki, Fusae Miyata,

Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion

To develop portable direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) with high power density, a high concentration of methanol in aqueous solution must be used as the fuel. We have developed a new type of membrane, namely the pore-filling membrane, and its membrane–electrode assembly (MEA) gives high DMFC performance with high concentration methanol fuel (around 10 M). The results were compared with a commercial Nafion membrane MEA.