Al2O3 Disk Supported Si3N4 Hydrogen Purification Membrane for Low Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

Liu, Xiaoteng, Christensen, Paul, Kelly, Stephen, Rocher, Vincent and Scott, Keith (2013) Al2O3 Disk Supported Si3N4 Hydrogen Purification Membrane for Low Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells. Membranes, 3 (4). pp. 406-414. ISSN 2077-0375

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Abstract

Reformate gas, a commonly employed fuel for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), contains carbon monoxide, which poisons Pt-containing anodes in such devices. A novel, low-cost mesoporous Si3N4 selective gas separation material was tested as a hydrogen clean-up membrane to remove CO from simulated feed gas to single-cell PEMFC, employing Nafion as the polymer electrolyte membrane. Polarization and power density measurements and gas chromatography showed a clear effect of separating the CO from the gas mixture; the performance and durability of the fuel cell was thereby significantly improved.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: CO removal, Fuel cells, Hydrogen purification, Pt catalyst
Subjects: H100 General Engineering
H300 Mechanical Engineering
H800 Chemical, Process and Energy Engineering
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mechanical and Construction Engineering
Depositing User: Rachel Branson
Date Deposited: 29 Apr 2020 11:08
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 18:18
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/42964

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