An experimental study on the performance of a zinc air fuel cell with inexpensive metal oxide catalysts and porous organic polymer separators

Prabal Sapkota; Honggon Kim

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.16, No.1, 39-44, January, 2010

DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2010.01.024 Export Citation

An experimental study on the performance of a zinc air fuel cell with inexpensive metal oxide catalysts and porous organic polymer separators

Prabal Sapkota^{1, 2}, and Honggon Kim^{1, †}

¹Energy and Environment Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hawolgokdong 39-1, Seongbukgu, Seoul 136-791, Republic of Korea
²University of Science and Technology, 113 Gwahangno, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-333, Republic of Korea

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A zinc air fuel cell (ZAFC) of taper-end structure was designed andmanufactured with a polyamide-base engineering plastic. An air cathode with multiple layers of blended inexpensive metal oxides, MnO2 and CeO2, showed a remarkably stable electricity-generating performance even at high current density. A cheap thin Nylon filter was found as a potential candidate for the separator in ZAFC because of its high stability and durability in the alkali electrolyte and proper pore size.

Keywords:Zinc air fuel cell;ZAFC;Metal oxide catalyst;Nylon filter

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[2] Larminie J, Dicks A, Fuel Cell Systems Explained, 2nd ed., Wiley, England (2005)

[3] EG and G Technical Services, Fuel Cell Handbook, 6th ed., US Department of Energy, West Virginia (2002)

[4] Technical/OCM Primary System, Duracell, Procter & Gamble (2005)

[5] Koscher G, Kordesch K, J. Power Sources, 136(2), 215 (2004)

[6] Riezenman MJ, IEEE Spectrum, 38, 55 (2001)

[7] Sapkota P, Kim H, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 15(4), 445 (2009)

[8] Zhang GQ, Zhang XG, Electrochim. Acta, 49(6), 873 (2004)

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[10] Eom SW, Lee CW, Yun MS, Sun YK, Electrochim. Acta, 52(4), 1592 (2006)

[11] Chao WK, Lee CM, Shieu SY, Chou CC, Shieu FS, J. Power Sources, 177(2), 637 (2008)

[12] Zhu WH, Poole BA, Cahela DR, Tatarchuk BJ, J. Appl. Electrochem., 33 (2003)

[13] Chen KYW, US Patent 0,044,640 A1 (2008)

[14] Kiros Y, WO/2002/075827 (2002)

[15] Lee JS, Quan ND, Hwang JM, Lee SD, Kim HG, Lee HJ, Kim HS, J. Ind. Eng. Chem., 12(2), 175 (2006)

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[17] Goldstein J, Brown I, Koretz B, J. Power Sources, 80(1-2), 171 (1999)

[18] Smedley S, IEEE Aerosp. Electron. Syst. Mag., 15, 19 (2000)

[19] Cooper JF, US Patent 5,434,020 (1995)

[20] Pinto M, Smedley S, Colborn JA, US Patent 6,706,433 B2 (2004)