Honeycombed Porous, Size-Matching Architecture for High-Performance Hybrid Direct Carbon Fuel Cell Anode

Autor: Chunming Xu, Minjian Ma, Xiaoxia Yang, Rongzheng Ren, Kening Sun, Jinshuo Qiao, Zhenhua Wang, Wang Sun
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 12:30411-30419
ISSN: 1944-8252
1944-8244
Popis: Direct carbon fuel cells (DCFCs) demonstrate both superior electrical efficiency and fuel utilization compared to all other types of fuel cells, and it will be the most promising carbon utilization technology if the sluggish anode reaction kinetics that derives from the use of solid fuel can be addressed. Herein, the electrode morphology and fuel particle size are comprehensively considered to fabricate an efficient DCFC anode skeleton. A honeycombed and size-matching anode architecture with dual-scale porous structure is developed by water droplet templating, which demonstrates an efficient strategy to address the challenge of poor carbon reactivity and improve the electrochemical performance of DCFCs. Single cell with this designed anode framework demonstrates excellent performance, and the maximum power density is as high as 765 mW cm
Databáze: OpenAIRE