In the present work, the activity of PtxSny/C catalysts towards ethanol, acetaldehyde and acetic acid electrooxidation reactions is investigated for each one separately by means of cyclic voltammetry. To this purpose, a ...

In the present work, a one-dimension, steady-state and single phase model is developed with the purpose of describing the mass transport within a PtRu/Nafion (R)-115/Pt membrane-electrode assembly and the performance of a ...

In the present work, a model-based parametric analysis of the performance of a direct ethanol polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (DE-PEMFC) is conducted with the purpose to investigate the effect of several parameters ...

In the present work the results of the continuous and on-line product analysis during a Direct Ethanol Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell operation (DE-PEMFC) are presented. The effect of both cell discharge current ...

In the present work the effect of both cell discharge current and operating temperature on (a) the ethanol conversion, (b) the reaction products distribution and (c) the reaction yield towards each released product, during ...

Direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFCs) have motivated more and more interest in recent years due to the intrinsic advantages of ethanol such as its low toxicity, renewability, and its easy production in great quantity by the ...

The electrochemical behavior of a direct ethanol feed proton exchange membrane fuel cell (DEFC) operating under steady-state isothermal conditions at 1 atm at both anode and cathode sides is considered. A mathematical model ...