Direct ethanol fuel cells for transport and stationary applications–A comprehensive review

SPS Badwal, S Giddey, A Kulkarni, J Goel, S Basu - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
Fuel cells are one of the most efficient means of converting chemical energy into electrical
energy. The major deterrents to the commercialisation of fuel cell technologies, especially …

An in situ Fourier transform infrared spectroelectrochemical study on ethanol electrooxidation on Pd in alkaline solution

X Fang, L Wang, PK Shen, G Cui, C Bianchini - Journal of Power Sources, 2010 - Elsevier
The mechanism of ethanol electrooxidation on a palladium electrode in alkaline solution
(from 0.01 to 5M NaOH) has been investigated by cyclic voltammetry and in situ Fourier …

Selective electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide to ethanol via a relay catalytic platform

J Du, S Li, S Liu, Y Xin, B Chen, H Liu, B Han - Chemical Science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Efficient electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) to ethanol is of great importance, but
remains a challenge because it involves the transfer of multiple proton–electron pairs and …

Electrooxidation study of methanol using H2O2 and air as mixed oxidant at cathode in air breathing microfluidic fuel cell

AK Rathoure, H Pramanik - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The electrooxidation study of methanol was performed at room temperature of 34° C in a
membraneless air breathing microfluidic fuel cell using laboratory made carbon cloth/gas …

Effect of support materials on the performance of direct ethanol fuel cell anode catalyst

J Goel, S Basu - international journal of hydrogen energy, 2014 - Elsevier
Pt–Ru catalysts supported on mesoporous carbon nitride (MCN), multiwall carbon nano
tubes (MWCNTs), treated MWCNTs (t-MWCNTS) and Vulcan-XC were prepared using co …

Enhancement of ethanol electrooxidation in half cell and single direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC) using post-treated polyol synthesized Pt-Ru nano electrocatalysts …

AK Choudhary, H Pramanik - international journal of hydrogen energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Highly dispersed Pt-Ru nano electrocatalysts supported on functionalized
acetylene black carbon (C AB) were synthesized by a modified polyol reduction route …

Studies on the effect of solvent for the synthesis of low‐cost and efficient Pt‐Co/CAB cathode electrocatalyst to enhance the performance of a hydrogen‐based …

AP Singh, S Sharma, H Pramanik - The Canadian Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Highly efficient and low‐cost Pt‐Co/CAB bimetallic cathode electrocatalysts were
synthesized for hydrogen‐based proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) using three …

Modeling and experimental validation of overpotentials of a direct ethanol fuel cell

H Pramanik, S Basu - Chemical Engineering and Processing: Process …, 2010 - Elsevier
Direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC) is a promising power source for future use in portable
electronic equipments. In general, the power density obtained in DEFC is lower than that of …

Synthesis of low-cost HNO3-functionalized acetylene black carbon supported Pt-Ru/CAB nano electrocatalysts for the application in direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC)

AK Choudhary, H Pramanik - Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2019 - Springer
Ethanol electrooxidation was thoroughly investigated on laboratory synthesized Pt-Ru nano
electrocatalysts. Low cost acetylene black carbon functionalized by HNO 3 was used as …

Electrooxidation study of NaBH4 in a membraneless microfluidic fuel cell with air breathing cathode for portable power application

H Pramanik, AK Rathoure - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
A microfluidic fuel cell (MFC) is constructed at laboratory for NaBH 4 electrooxidation using
varying operating conditions. The temperatures of anode and cathode were varied from 40° …