Citation: Andrzej Jablonski, Adam Lewera. Improving the efficiency of a direct ethanol fuel cell by a periodic load change[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, ;2015, 36(4): 496-501. doi: 10.1016/S1872-2067(14)60226-6 shu

Improving the efficiency of a direct ethanol fuel cell by a periodic load change

Andrzej Jablonski ,
Adam Lewera ^,

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Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, ul. Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland

Corresponding author: Adam Lewera,
Received Date: 20 July 2014
Available Online: 12 September 2014

We present a simple method to increase the efficiency of a direct ethanol fuel cell by a periodic modulation of the load (pulsed mode). The fuel cell was periodically short circuited with a resistor (1 Ω) for a few seconds (high load period) followed by a low load period of up to 100 s when the resistor was disconnected. The open circuit voltage (OCV) values before and after the short circuit of the cell showed an increase of up to 70 mV. The higher OCV was due to the oxidation and removal of strongly adsorbed CO during the electric short circuit when the electric potential of the anode was increased to be close to the cathode potential. The depoisoned anode surface was much more active directly after the short circuit. The slow decrease of the OCV observed after the short circuit was caused by the subsequent poisoning of the anode surface, which can be neutralized by another short circuit. In general, a stable increase in cell performance was obtained by repetition of the electric short circuit. The data showed that the pulse mode gave an increase in the power generated by the direct ethanol fuel cell by up to 51% and was 6% on average. It is anticipated that this mode of operation can be used also in different types of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells where CO poisoning is a problem, and after optimization of the parameters, a much higher gain in efficiency can be obtained.
- Ethanol electrooxidation,
- Electrocatalysis,
- Direct ethanol fuel cell,
- Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell,
- Platinum,
- Platinum-ruthenium
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