Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (DEFC) Assembled with Ceramic Membrane-Catalyst

Back-Sub Sung; Young-Hoon Yun

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Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (DEFC) Assembled with Ceramic Membrane-Catalyst

Back-Sub Sung, Young-Hoon Yun

Published in International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 6)

Received: 7 November 2016 Accepted: 12 December 2016 Published: 10 January 2017

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Abstract

Direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC) has been assembled with the ceramic membrane based-Pt/C (40wt%) catalyst electrodes. The porous silicon carbide (SiC) membrane, fabricated through sintering process, was applied for the fabrication of DEFC. The dilute ethanol-water fuel solution was used for the DEFC operation with a micropump and air blower. The direct ethanol oxidation based-ceramic membrane fuel cell showed relatively stable potential-current behavior even though at room temperature by a continuous air-blowing and a circulation of the dilute-ethanol fuel solution. The other chemicals such as acetaldehyde or acetic acid, being formed during DEFC operation, was not detected from the NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectrum analyzed with the dilute ethanol fuel solution collected upto 90min.

Published in	International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering (Volume 5, Issue 6)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijepe.20160506.16
Page(s)	209-214
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2017. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (DEFC), Ceramic Membrane, Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA), Oxidation

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Back-Sub Sung, Young-Hoon Yun. (2017). Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (DEFC) Assembled with Ceramic Membrane-Catalyst. International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering, 5(6), 209-214. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijepe.20160506.16

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Back-Sub Sung; Young-Hoon Yun. Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (DEFC) Assembled with Ceramic Membrane-Catalyst. Int. J. Energy Power Eng. 2017, 5(6), 209-214. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepe.20160506.16

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Back-Sub Sung, Young-Hoon Yun. Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (DEFC) Assembled with Ceramic Membrane-Catalyst. Int J Energy Power Eng. 2017;5(6):209-214. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepe.20160506.16

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Back-Sub Sung

Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
Young-Hoon Yun

Dept. of Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Tech., Dongshin University, Jeonnam, Korea

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Back-Sub Sung; Young-Hoon Yun. Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (DEFC) Assembled with Ceramic Membrane-Catalyst. Int. J. Energy Power Eng. 2017, 5(6), 209-214. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepe.20160506.16

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Back-Sub Sung, Young-Hoon Yun. Direct Ethanol Fuel Cell (DEFC) Assembled with Ceramic Membrane-Catalyst. Int J Energy Power Eng. 2017;5(6):209-214. doi: 10.11648/j.ijepe.20160506.16

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