Issue 8, 2018

Portable smart highly proton conductive all inorganic gel paste electrolyte with optimum phosphorous to silicon ratio for enhanced durable operation of a fuel cell

Abstract

Portable smart low-cost proton conductive gel paste electrolytes, capable of retaining their properties over a few months and of being stored, are of significance in the context of portable fuel cell power sources. A low-cost, sol gel derived inorganic gel paste electrolyte with an optimum phosphorous to silicon ratio of five, whose proton conductivity exceeds Nafion in the broad temperature range of 50–180 °C, is reported herein. The fuel cell assembled with this gel paste coated on a glass mat, operating at a temperature of 160 °C, produces a maximum current density of >1 A cm−2, a power density of >210 mW cm−2 and offers stable durable operation up to 29 hours under a 50 mA cm−2 load. The significance of these findings is that the gel paste may be used to replace conventional liquid and membrane electrolytes in fuel cells and be applied in new generation electronics with portable fuel cells.

Graphical abstract: Portable smart highly proton conductive all inorganic gel paste electrolyte with optimum phosphorous to silicon ratio for enhanced durable operation of a fuel cell

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 Kul 2018
Accepted
18 Kho 2018
First published
21 Kho 2018

Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018,2, 1737-1748

Portable smart highly proton conductive all inorganic gel paste electrolyte with optimum phosphorous to silicon ratio for enhanced durable operation of a fuel cell

P. Ghosh, C. K. Dhole, S. Ganguly, D. Banerjee and K. Kargupta, Sustainable Energy Fuels, 2018, 2, 1737 DOI: 10.1039/C8SE00142A

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