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Intermediate temperature fuel cells via an ion-pair coordinated polymer electrolyte
Abstract
Fuel cells are attractive devices that convert chemical energy into electricity through the direct electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen. Intermediate temperature fuel cells operated at 200–300°C can simplify water and thermal managements, enable the use of non-precious or low-loading precious metal catalysts and provide insensitivity toward fuel and air impurities such as carbon monoxide. However, the performance of current intermediate temperature fuel cells is poor due to a lack of highly-conductive membrane electrolytes and optimal electrodes designed for these fuel cells. We demonstrate high-performing intermediate temperature fuel cells that use SnP2O7–polymer composite membranes and a quaternary ammonium-biphosphate ion-pair coordinated polymer electrolyte in the electrodes. The peak power density of the fuel cell under H2 and O2 reached 870 mW cm-2 at 240°C with minimal performance loss under exposure to 25% carbon monoxide.
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Ceramatec, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- Contributing Org.:
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1473810
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1434125
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-17-31199
Journal ID: ISSN 1754-5692; EESNBY
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; AR0000314
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Energy & Environmental Science
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 1754-5692
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Lee, Kwan-Soo, Maurya, Sandip, Kim, Yu Seung, Kreller, Cortney R., Wilson, Mahlon S., Larsen, Dennis, Elangovan, S. Elango, and Mukundan, Rangachary. Intermediate temperature fuel cells via an ion-pair coordinated polymer electrolyte. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1039/C7EE03595K.
Lee, Kwan-Soo, Maurya, Sandip, Kim, Yu Seung, Kreller, Cortney R., Wilson, Mahlon S., Larsen, Dennis, Elangovan, S. Elango, & Mukundan, Rangachary. Intermediate temperature fuel cells via an ion-pair coordinated polymer electrolyte. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7EE03595K
Lee, Kwan-Soo, Maurya, Sandip, Kim, Yu Seung, Kreller, Cortney R., Wilson, Mahlon S., Larsen, Dennis, Elangovan, S. Elango, and Mukundan, Rangachary. 2018.
"Intermediate temperature fuel cells via an ion-pair coordinated polymer electrolyte". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7EE03595K. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1473810.
@article{osti_1473810,
title = {Intermediate temperature fuel cells via an ion-pair coordinated polymer electrolyte},
author = {Lee, Kwan-Soo and Maurya, Sandip and Kim, Yu Seung and Kreller, Cortney R. and Wilson, Mahlon S. and Larsen, Dennis and Elangovan, S. Elango and Mukundan, Rangachary},
abstractNote = {Fuel cells are attractive devices that convert chemical energy into electricity through the direct electrochemical reaction of hydrogen and oxygen. Intermediate temperature fuel cells operated at 200–300°C can simplify water and thermal managements, enable the use of non-precious or low-loading precious metal catalysts and provide insensitivity toward fuel and air impurities such as carbon monoxide. However, the performance of current intermediate temperature fuel cells is poor due to a lack of highly-conductive membrane electrolytes and optimal electrodes designed for these fuel cells. We demonstrate high-performing intermediate temperature fuel cells that use SnP2O7–polymer composite membranes and a quaternary ammonium-biphosphate ion-pair coordinated polymer electrolyte in the electrodes. The peak power density of the fuel cell under H2 and O2 reached 870 mW cm-2 at 240°C with minimal performance loss under exposure to 25% carbon monoxide.},
doi = {10.1039/C7EE03595K},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1473810},
journal = {Energy & Environmental Science},
issn = {1754-5692},
number = 4,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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Fig. 1: Comparison of different type of fuel cells; filled symbol: H2/air; unfilled: H2/O2. Fuel cell data are taken from references: AMFCs5, 31; LT-PEMFCs4, 32; HT-PEMFCs33; SAFCs12; ITFCs16, 34; PCFCs and SOFCs6, 34.
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