Bilayer Anion-Exchange Membrane with Low Borohydride Crossover and Improved Fuel Efficiency for Direct Borohdyride Fuel Cell

Li, Xingxing; Chen, Haodong; Chu, Wen; Qin, Haiying; Zhang, Wen; Ni, Hualiang; Chi, Hongzhong; He, Yan; Chu, Yong S.; Hu, Jianan; Liu, Jiabin

doi:10.1021/acsami.0c05056

Bilayer Anion-Exchange Membrane with Low Borohydride Crossover and Improved Fuel Efficiency for Direct Borohdyride Fuel Cell

Journal Article · Mon May 25 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c05056· OSTI ID:1661645

Li, Xingxing ^[1]; Chen, Haodong ^[1]; Chu, Wen ^[2]; ^[1]; Zhang, Wen ^[1]; Ni, Hualiang ^[1]; ^[1]; He, Yan ^[3]; Chu, Yong S. ^[4]; Hu, Jianan ^[5]; ^[2]

Hangzhou Dianzi Univ. (China)
Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II)
Nanjing Forestry Univ. (China)

The development of membranes with low fuel crossover and high fuel efficiency is a key issue in direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFCs). In previous work, we produced a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA)-anion-exchange resin (AER) membrane with a low fuel crossover and a low fuel efficiency by introducing Co ions. In this work, a bilayer membrane was designed to improve the fuel efficiency and cell performance. The bilayer membrane was prepared by casting a PVA-AER wet gel onto the partially desiccated Co-PVA-AER gel. The bilayer membrane showed a borohydride permeability of 1.34 × 10^–6 cm²·s^–1, which was even lower than that of the Co-PVA-AER membrane (1.98 ×10^–6 cm²·s^–1) and the PVA-AER membrane (2.80 × 10^–6 cm²·s^–1). The DBFC using the bilayer membrane exhibited a higher fuel efficiency (37.4%) and output power (1.73 Wh) than the DBFCs using the Co-PVA-AER membrane (33.3%, 1.27 Wh) and the PVA-AER membrane (34.3%, 1.2 Wh). Furthermore, the DBFC using the bilayer membrane achieved a peak power density of 327 mW·cm^–2, which was 2.14 times of that of the DBFC using the PVA-AER membrane (153 mW·cm^–2). Finally, the drastic improvement benefited from the bilayer design, which introduced an interphase to suppress fuel crossover and avoided unnecessary borohydride hydrolysis.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China; Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1661645

Report Number(s):: BNL--219835-2020-JAAM

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Journal Name: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 12; ISSN 1944-8244

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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