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Direct urea fuel cells based on CuNi-plated polymer cloth as a anode catalyst

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2019

Keiichi Kaneto Open the ORCID record for Keiichi Kaneto [Opens in a new window] ,
Mao Nishikawa  and
Sadahito Uto
Keiichi Kaneto*
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, 5-16-1, Ohmiya, Asahi-ku, Osaka, 535-8585, Japan
Mao Nishikawa
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, 5-16-1, Ohmiya, Asahi-ku, Osaka, 535-8585, Japan
Sadahito Uto
Affiliation:
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Osaka Institute of Technology, 5-16-1, Ohmiya, Asahi-ku, Osaka, 535-8585, Japan
*
Address all correspondence to Keiichi Kaneto at keiichi.kaneto@oit.ac.jp
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Abstract

Direct urea fuel cells were fabricated using CuNi-plated polymer cloth for anode catalyst and current collector, and Pt-black for cathode catalyst. The output power was significantly enhanced by coating the CuNi cloth with a conducting polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene)polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT*PSS). The open circuit voltage, 0.80 V and the maximum output power, 3.0 mW/cm2 were obtained for the fuel of 0.5 M urea water solution under ambient conditions. Improvement over the cell structure demonstrated to lighten a light emitting diode.

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MRS Communications , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , March 2019 , pp. 88 - 91
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2019 

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