Graphene Oxide-Hydrogen Membrane Fuel Cell

Chowdury, Md Shahjahan Kabir; Park, Sung Bum; Park, Yong-il

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“…This is because of the strong anisotropy caused by the two-dimensional GO nanosheets. Proton conduction in the σ th of the GOM is observed to be a very cumbersome route and does not provide a site for proton migration . MGC-50 demonstrates higher proton conductivity when compared to GOM.…”

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“…The mixed gas [H 2 (4%)/Ar(96%)] permeability of the prepared electrolyte membrane was measured using the traditional constant volume/pressure method at room temperature, following established procedures described in the literature for gas permeance tests. ,, The gas flow and pressure were controlled using an MFC (Mass Flow Controller), and the cross-sectional area of the measurement setup was 0.77 cm 2 . The mixed gas permeability at room temperature was calculated as a value expressed in units of mol/m·s·Pa 0.5 .…”

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“…Among various types of fuel cells, PEMFCs stand out by utilizing a proton exchange membrane (PEM) as an electrolyte. These fuel cells possess distinctive advantages, such as low-temperature operation, high power density, and excellent proton conductivity. − As a consequence, it is considered the next-generation clean energy source suitable for various applications, encompassing stationary uses and prospective automotive applications . In traditional PEMFCs, the anode and cathode typically consist of carbon-supported Pt (Pt/C) electrocatalysts, with Nafion (R) serving as the perfluorinated ionomer membrane for electrolyte purposes. , Nafion (R) displays outstanding thermal and chemical stability while also demonstrating excellent proton conductivity, making it an exceptional conductor that encompasses the characteristics of both a solid-phase hopping conductor and liquid-phase vehicle conduction. , However, Nafion (R) also presents certain drawbacks, such as high production costs, limited economic feasibility, unsuitability for mass production, the proton conductivity exhibits quick changes depending on the hydration status, chemical degradation of Nafion (R) by hydrogen peroxide and other radicals, and severe degradation at temperatures exceeding 100 °C. ,, Consequently, the exploration of Nafion-free ionomers has garnered substantial research interest.…”

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Fabrication of Hydrogen-Permeable Ni–Zr Thin Films for Efficient Hydrogen Separation and Their Application in Graphene Oxide-Hydrogen Membrane Fuel Cells

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Chowdury,

Park

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J. Phys. Chem. C

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Graphene oxide membrane (GOM) shows promise as an alternative for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) due to its hydrophilic nature, which promotes attractive proton conductivity under wet conditions. However, GOM-based fuel cells (GOMFCs) exhibit lower maximum power density than Nafion(R) due to issues such as fuel crossover, membrane degradation, and loss of oxygen surface functional groups. In this study, amorphous double-layer Ni64Zr36/Ni36Zr64 thin films demonstrate superior hydrogen permeability compared to double-layer Ni64Zr36/Ni36Zr64 (crystalline), single-layer Ni64Zr36 (amorphous/crystalline), and Pd77Ag23 thin films at low temperatures, particularly near room temperature. Two types of amorphous and crystalline Ni–Zr metal films, with double or single layers, were characterized, and their hydrogen purification performance was reported. For hydrogen membrane fuel cell (HMFC) applications, a silanization process was employed by reacting a 50 wt % (5 mg/mL) solution of graphene oxide (GO) with an equimolar ratio of (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane [MPTS, HS(CH2)3Si(OCH3)3] (0.790 g/mL) to form a MPTS-modified GO composite electrolyte (MGC-50). In the HMFCs, double-layer membranes composed of GOM or MGC-50 and the hydrogen-permeable Ni–Zr thin film developed in this study were investigated as an electrolyte membrane. A hydrogen-permeable metal thin film, around 40 nm in thickness, was deposited onto GOM or MGC-50 using a Pd or Ni–Zr target via DC magnetron sputtering, resulting in a double-layer graphene oxide-hydrogen membrane (GOHM) electrolyte. The fuel cell performance of the fabricated Pd- and Ni–Zr-based GOHMFCs was compared with conventional PEMFCs.

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Fabrication of Hydrogen-Permeable Ni–Zr Thin Films for Efficient Hydrogen Separation and Their Application in Graphene Oxide-Hydrogen Membrane Fuel Cells

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“…At low temperatures, GO has comparatively high proton conduction which gives the way to them to be widely used as an effective electrolyte in different types of cells and batteries [33]. Membrane fuel cells with GO demonstrate low maximum power density membrane degradation and loss of surface functionalities which are considered an expected advantage in fuel cells [34]. Here, the GO-hydrogen membrane plays two roles, one as an anode catalyst and other as an electrolyte.…”

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Role of Carbon‐Based Nanomaterials in Enhancing the Performance of Energy Storage Devices: Design Small and Store Big

Yogeswari¹,

Khan

Kumar³

et al. 2022

Journal of Nanomaterials

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Energy storage is the process of storing previously generated energy for future usage in order to meet energy demands. The need for high-power density energy storage materials is growing across the board. The high ionic transport, superior electronic conductivity, rapid ion diffusion, high current tolerance, etc. are few among the numerous factors that can be considered the versatilities of nanomaterials. This makes the nanomaterials suitable for energy storage applications. According to the allied market research, the global nanotechnology in energy industry was estimated at $139.7 million in 2020 and is anticipated to hit $384.8 million by 2030, registering a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7% from 2021 to 2030. The extraordinary and improved properties of carbon-based nanomaterials and their tunable surface chemistry authorize them to be used in design of competent high-energy and high-power energy storage devices. Recent research and future progress focus on effective usage of low-dimensional carbon-based nanomaterials for energy conversion and storage systems. In particular, versatile carbon nanomaterials with multifunctional capabilities have attracted incredible attention in different types of batteries, solar cells, fuel cells, supercapacitors, and other energy storage devices. Engineering the carbon-based nanomaterials with efficient energy storage and remarkable conversion ability embraces the promise of creating a new path for their future development. This article reviews the role of few carbon-based nanomaterials in efficiently increasing the competence and dependability of energy storage applications.

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“…Global climate change and environmental pollution associated with the exploitation of non-renewable energy sources determine the necessary for society transition to alternative renewable energy sources. In search of environmentally friendly technologies, humanity began to develop the clean energy of the sun, wind, water (Mohtasham 2015), hydrogen fuel production from water using photocatalyst (Islam et al 2019a(Islam et al , b, 2020, abiotic fuel cells (Santoro et al 2017), electricity generation through constructing direct hydrogen peroxide fuel cell (DPPFC) (Ji et al 2020;Martins et al 2020) and proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) (Yadav et al 2018;Chowdury et al 2020), abiotic direct glucose fuel cells (DGFC) (Torigoe et al 2018), direct alcohol fuel cell (DAFC) (Chen et al 2015), etc., and also through the use a resources of microorganisms such as biogas production (Allen 2015;Sawyerr et al 2019), biohydrogen production using microbial electrolysis cell (MEC) (Varanasi et al 2019) and directly the microbial bioelectricity generation during utilization of media and wastes, creating microbial fuel fell (MFC) and microbial desalination cell (MDC) (Potter 1911;Al-Mamun et al 2018;Gonzalez et al 2020).…”

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Enhancement of bioelectric parameters of multi-electrode plant–microbial fuel cells by combining of serial and parallel connection

Rusyn

Medvediev²,

Valko

2021

Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Innovative electro-biotechnology of plant-microbial fuel cell involves the use of electrodes for the collection of bioelectricity produced by soil rhizosphere microorganisms, utilizing products of photosynthesis and plant residues compounds. The performance of plant-microbial electro-biosystem is highly dependent on the electrode materials and their configurations. Various materials as electrodes for electro-biosystems were analyzed, conducting experiments in laboratory with indoor plants and in situ with forest and garden plants. Graphite wastes of electric transport as cathodes and perforated zinc-galvanized steel plates as anodes were selected as electrodes for plant-microbial fuel cell due to their electro-efficiency, low cost and sustainability in environment. To design multi-electrode system, electrodes were connected each other by copper wires into cathode and anode system. The use of graphite wastes and polyvinyl chloride-insulated copper wires promoted reduction of the cost of electro-biotechnology. Multi-electrode plant-microbial fuel cells with 12 anodes and 11 cathodes with Caltha palustris plants at 10 Ω produced current of 40.98 mA that is 10.1 times more than mono-electrode plant-microbial fuel cells. The parallel connection of two multi-electrode electro-biosystems was resulted in 2.1-fold increase in current compared to the current generated by the one multi-electrode electro-biosystem. The serial connection of three multi-electrode plant-microbial fuel cells was led to an increase in the bioelectric potential in 2.9 times; at the same time, their parallel connection did not increase voltage. Variations of parallel-serial connections of several multi-electrode plant-microbial fuel cells as energy subunits into one complex multi-electro-biosystem were appeared the way to maximize the receiving of plant-microbial bioelectricity.

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Graphene Oxide-Hydrogen Membrane Fuel Cell

Cited by 20 publications

References 73 publications

Fabrication of Hydrogen-Permeable Ni–Zr Thin Films for Efficient Hydrogen Separation and Their Application in Graphene Oxide-Hydrogen Membrane Fuel Cells

Fabrication of Hydrogen-Permeable Ni–Zr Thin Films for Efficient Hydrogen Separation and Their Application in Graphene Oxide-Hydrogen Membrane Fuel Cells

Role of Carbon‐Based Nanomaterials in Enhancing the Performance of Energy Storage Devices: Design Small and Store Big

Enhancement of bioelectric parameters of multi-electrode plant–microbial fuel cells by combining of serial and parallel connection

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