Microfluidic fuel cells with different types of fuels: A prospective review

Y Wang, S Luo, HYH Kwok, W Pan, Y Zhang… - … and sustainable energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Since its first appearance in 2002, microfluidic fuel cell has received great attention in the
past two decades, which is mainly targeted at its use in portable electronics. This micro fuel …

Alkaline direct liquid fuel cells: advances, challenges and perspectives

FM Souza, VS Pinheiro, TC Gentil, LEB Lucchetti… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alkaline direct liquid fuel cells (ADLFC) have recently received increasing attention as they
reduce the use of precious metals in electrocatalysts, eg, platinum, which drastically reduces …

[HTML][HTML] Review on enzymatic synthesis of value added products of glycerol, a by-product derived from biodiesel production

J Pradima, MR Kulkarni - Resource-Efficient Technologies, 2017 - Elsevier
Crude glycerol is produced as a by-product from biodiesel production via trans-esterification
with methanol and this process accounts for 10%(w/w) of the total biodiesel produced …

Glycerol electro-oxidation in alkaline media and alkaline direct glycerol fuel cells

E Antolini - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
The low price, highly active triol structure, high volumetric energy density, simple storage
and environment-friendly properties make glycerol a promising fuel for an alkaline direct …

A Comprehensive Investigation of Methanol Electrooxidation on Copper Anodes: Spectroelectrochemical Insights and Energy Conversion in Microfluidic Fuel Cells

BD Queiroz, PLS Vital, KO Budke… - … applied materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Here, we comprehensively investigated methanol electrooxidation on Cu-based catalysts,
allowing us to build the first microfluidic fuel cell (μFC) equipped with a Cu anode and a …

Towards a fuel-flexible direct alcohol microfluidic fuel cell with flow-through porous electrodes: assessment of methanol, ethylene glycol and glycerol fuels

CA Martins, OA Ibrahim, P Pei, E Kjeang - Electrochimica Acta, 2018 - Elsevier
A mixed media fuel-flexible direct alcohol microfluidic fuel cell (μDAFC) with flow-through
configuration is introduced. The anode of the fuel-flexible μDAFC can interchangeably use …

Electrochemical valorization of crude glycerol in alkaline medium for energy conversion using Pd, Au and PdAu nanomaterials

I Velázquez-Hernández, E Zamudio… - Fuel, 2020 - Elsevier
Crude glycerol is a byproduct from biodiesel production, and due to overproduction, new
applications requiring the minimum purification steps are needed. The electrochemical …

[HTML][HTML] Boosted performance of NiOx/Pt nanocatalyst for the electro-oxidation of formic acid: A substrate's functionalization with multi-walled carbon nanotubes

IM Al-Akraa, AE Salama, YM Asal… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
A NiOx/Pt nanostructured catalyst was developed on a glassy carbon substrate that was
functionalized with “mutli-walled” carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for the electro-oxidation of …

In situ decoration of metallic catalysts in flow-through electrodes: application of Fe/Pt/C for glycerol oxidation in a microfluidic fuel cell

CA Martins, OA Ibrahim, P Pei, E Kjeang - Electrochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
New multi-metallic materials have been synthesized to be used as active anodes in direct
alcohol fuel cells. However, the separate steps of synthesis, characterization and …

Utilization of biodiesel by-product as substrate for high-production of β-farnesene via relatively balanced mevalonate pathway in Escherichia coli

S You, Q Yin, J Zhang, C Zhang, W Qi, L Gao… - Bioresource …, 2017 - Elsevier
Farnesene has been identified as suitable jet fuel substitutes and metabolic engineering for
microbial production of farnesene is an alternative and attractive route. In this study, due to …