Design and Performance Analysis of Micro Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Zhenzhong ZHONG; Chiun-Hsun Chen; Ronggui PENG

doi:10.1016/S1004-9541(08)60208-6

Design and Performance Analysis of Micro Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Zhenzhong ZHONG^*, Chiun-Hsun Chen, Ronggui PENG

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Abstract

This study describes a novel micro proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) (active area, 2.5 cm²). The flow field plate is manufactured by applying micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology to silicon substrates to etch flow channels without a gold-coating. Therefore, this investigation used MEMS technology for fabrication of a flow field plate and presents a novel fabrication procedure. Various operating parameters, such as fuel temperature and fuel stoichiometric flow rate, are tested to optimize micro PEMFC performance. A single micro PEMFC using MEMS technology reveals the ideal performance of the proposed fuel cell. The optimal power density approaches 232.75 mW·cm^-1 when the fuel cell is operated at ambient condition with humidified, heated fuel.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	298-303
Number of pages	6
Journal	Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S1004-9541(08)60208-6
State	Published - 1 Apr 2009

Keywords

flow field plate
micro proton exchange membrane fuel cell
micro-electromechanical systems technology
silicon

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