Title

Palladium Deposition On Proton Exchange Membranes For Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Abstract

Complete membrane electrode assembly made by screen-printing was tested for methanol crossover, membrane resistance, and performance. At 30°C, the methanol crossover was 70 mA/sq cm for the Nafion® 117 membrane; however, the crossover was reduced to 40 mA/sq cm for the Pd-deposited Nafion® 117 membrane at the same temperature. The effect of the Pd-deposited membrane on methanol crossover reduction was even more apparent at higher temperature. The deposition of palladium onto the Nafion® membrane did not change its resistance and conductivity. The voltage gain with Pd-deposited Nafion® 117 membrane was due to reduced methanol crossover. This is an abstract of a paper presented at the ACS Fuel Chemistry Meeting (Washington, DC Fall 2005).

Publication Date

12-1-2005

Publication Title

ACS Division of Fuel Chemistry, Preprints

Volume

50

Issue

2

Number of Pages

482-483

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

32244448860 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/32244448860

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