Patents:
1. Graphene based membrane electrode assembly for methanol fuel cells Innovative graphene formulation, used in the MEA of methanol fuel cells, has significantly increased the cell performance upto 80 %, owing to its superior physical and electrochemical properties. This has been planned to test in other fuel cell types namely hydrogen, formic acid and alkaline fuel cells.
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TEDx talk, Durham April 2017
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Peer reviewed publications:
1. 2 D crsytals significantly enhance the performance of a working fuel cell Single layer graphene, when used as a barrier layer in the membrane area of methnaol fuel cells, has shown to significantly reduce the methanol cross-over leading to performance improvement of upto 45 %. Moreover, this barrier layer has shown negligible resistance to protons, at the same time reducing fuel cross-over, which is quite a significant milestone in fuel cell research.
Source: Advanced Energy Materials http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aenm.201601216/abstract DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201601216 |
(Reproduced with permission from Wiley publications)
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2. Enhanced performance based on hybrid cathode backing layer using a biomass derived activated carbon framework for methanol fuel cells Activated carbon prepared from waste-tea (Black sea region of Turkey) posses 75.69 % of mesopores and 24.31 % of micropores. Employing this activated carbon, in the cathode microporus layer improved the cell performance by removing water molecules whilst maintaining optimised gas permeation to the catalyst layer.
Source: ElectroChimica Acta https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013468617317061 DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.08.068 3. 2D materials graphene and hBN boost DMFC performance New research at the University of Manchester in the UK has reported on the use of the 2D materials graphene (monolayer carbon) and hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) in operating direct methanol fuel cells, in which their negligible resistance to protons enhances the fuel cell performance. This opens up a key bottleneck for the commercialisation of fuel cells.
Source: Fuel Cells Bulletin http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464285917301669 DOI: 10.1016/S1464-2859(17)30166-9 |
(Reproduced with permission from Eelctrochimica Acta)
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