Performance of a Ceramic Fiber Reinforced Polymer Membrane as Electrolyte in Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Direct Methanol Fuel Cell (DMFC) is considered as a candidate technology for applications in stationary, transportation as well as electronic power generation purposes. To develop a high performance direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC), a competent electrolyte membrane is needed. The electrolyte membrane should be durable and methanol cross- over must be low. One of the approaches to increase the stability of generally used polymer electrolyte membranes such as Nafion against swelling or thermal degradation is to bond it with an inorganic material physically or chemically. In Noritake Company, we have developed a novel method of reinforcing the polymer electrolyte matrix with inorganic fibers. Methanol crossover values measured were significantly lower than the original polymer electrolyte membranes. These fiber reinforced electrolyte membranes (FREM) were used for DMFC study and stable power output values as high 160 mW/cm2 were measured. The details of the characteristics of the membranes as well as I-V data of fuel cell stacks are detailed in the paper.

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