PMID- 29300368
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201001
IS  - 1996-1944 (Print)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Electronic)
IS  - 1996-1944 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 1
DP  - 2018 Jan 4
TI  - Using Electrospinning-Based Carbon Nanofiber Webs for Methanol Crossover Control 
      in Passive Direct Methanol Fuel Cells.
LID - 10.3390/ma11010071 [doi]
LID - 71
AB  - Methanol crossover (MCO) significantly affects the performance of a direct 
      methanol fuel cell (DMFC). In order to reduce its effect, this study presents 
      in-house carbon nanofiber webs (CNWs) used as a porous methanol barrier for MCO 
      control in a passive DMFC. The CNW is made from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) by using 
      electrospinning and heat treatment. The impacts of PAN concentration and 
      carbonizing temperature on the material properties are considered. The 
      concentration of PAN has a great effect on the micro structures of the CNWs since 
      a higher concentration of PAN leads to a larger nanofiber diameter and lower 
      porosity. A higher carbonizing temperature helps promote the sample conductivity. 
      The use of CNWs has twofold effects on the cell performance. It helps 
      significantly enhance the cell performance, especially at a low methanol 
      concentration due to its balanced effect on reactant and product management. 
      There is an increase in peak power density of up to 53.54% when the CNW is used, 
      in contrast with the conventional DMFC at 2 mol/L. The dynamic and constant-load 
      performances of the fuel cell based on CNWs are also investigated in this work.
FAU - Yuan, Wei
AU  - Yuan W
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4235-2533
AD  - School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of 
      Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. mewyuan@scut.edu.cn.
FAU - Fang, Guoyun
AU  - Fang G
AD  - School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of 
      Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. megyfang@mail.scut.edu.cn.
FAU - Li, Zongtao
AU  - Li Z
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7745-2783
AD  - School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of 
      Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. meztli@scut.edu.cn.
FAU - Chen, Yonghui
AU  - Chen Y
AD  - School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of 
      Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. meyhchen@mail.scut.edu.cn.
FAU - Tang, Yong
AU  - Tang Y
AD  - School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering, South China University of 
      Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China. ytang@scut.edu.cn.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180104
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Materials (Basel)
JT  - Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101555929
PMC - PMC5793569
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - carbon nanofiber webs
OT  - direct methanol fuel cell
OT  - electrospinning
OT  - methanol crossover
OT  - passive
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2018/01/05 06:00
MHDA- 2018/01/05 06:01
PMCR- 2018/01/04
CRDT- 2018/01/05 06:00
PHST- 2017/12/01 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/12/29 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/01/02 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/01/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2018/01/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/01/05 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2018/01/04 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - ma11010071 [pii]
AID - materials-11-00071 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/ma11010071 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Materials (Basel). 2018 Jan 4;11(1):71. doi: 10.3390/ma11010071.