Experimental study on the effect of new anode flow field designs on the performance of direct methanol fuel cells

G Okech, M Emam, S Mori, M Ahmed - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Enhancing the performance of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) through developing novel
designs of anode flow field is significant. Thus, three new anode flow field designs (design …

Water and heat management of vapor-fed direct methanol fuel cells with a non-isothermal triple-phase mass transfer model

HN Wang, N He, DW Tang, L Li - Journal of Power Sources, 2022 - Elsevier
Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) operating with methanol vapor tends to operate under
higher temperature, which contributes to improve cell performance and specific energy …

Study of novel flow channels influence on the performance of direct methanol fuel cell

J Ramasamy, K Palaniswamy, T Kumaresan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The existing flow channels like parallel and gird channels have been modified for better fuel
distribution in order to boost the performance of direct methanol fuel cell. The main objective …

Improve methanol efficiency for direct methanol fuel cell system via investigation and control of optimal operating methanol concentration

X Chi, F Chen, T Mo, Y Li, W Wei - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
This study investigates and controls the optimal operating methanol concentration for direct
methanol fuel cell (DMFC) system, which effectively improves the efficiency of DMFC system …

Oscillator design for high efficiency DC-DC of micro direct methanol fuel cell

S Fang, N Song, Y Liu, C Zhou, C Zhao, Y Wang - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper develops a novel oscillator with wide output frequency range, continuous
frequency adoption, anti-electromagnetic interference (EMI), and high precision in order to …

A flexible micro direct methanol fuel cells array based on FPCB

JC Zhu, J Yu, L Yin, W Yang, H Liu, GF Wang… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, flexible electronic technology has developed rapidly, of which flexible
energy devices hold an important seat that determines the system's capacity. In this study …

Effect of current collector roughness on performance of passive direct methanol fuel cell

SS Munjewar, SB Thombre - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
This article examines the effect of current collector (CC) roughness on the passive direct
methanol fuel cell (DMFC) performance. The stainless steel has been used for anode and …

Sustainable route of synthesis platinum nanoparticles using orange peel extract

NA Karim, NJ Rubinsin, MAA Burukan… - … Journal of Green …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Platinum is the best catalyst to promote electrochemical reactions in fuel cell. Despite the
high cost of platinum, finding a cheaper, sustainable, and environmentally to produce …

An improved strategy of passive micro direct methanol fuel cell: Mass transport mechanism optimization dominated by a single hydrophilic layer

R Zhang, J Cao, W Wang, J Zhou, J Chen, L Chen… - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Mass transport behaviors in passive micro direct methanol fuel cells (μDMFCs), including
methanol mass transport at the anode and gas-liquid two-phase mass transport at the …

Model-based observer for direct methanol fuel cell concentration estimation by using second-order sliding-mode algorithm

F Chen, X Chi, W Wei, T Mo, Y Li - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation of the real-time methanol concentration of direct methanol fuel cell
(DMFC) stack is a key technique for its feedback control and optimization. However, existing …