电解质
材料科学
质子交换膜燃料电池
电化学
化学工程
电极
化学
燃料电池
物理化学
工程类
作者
Benjamin E. McNealy,Joshua L. Hertz
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.02.081
摘要
Experimental results were recently reported regarding a novel “non-flooding” hybrid fuel cell consisting of proton exchange membrane (PEM) and anion exchange membrane (AEM) half-cells on opposite sides of a water-filled, porous intermediate layer. Product water formed in the porous layer, where it could permeate to the exterior of the cell, rather than at the electrodes. Although electrode flooding was mitigated, the reported power output was low. To investigate the potential for increased power output, a physicochemical charge transport model of the porous electrolyte layer is reported here. Traditional electrochemical modeling was generalized in a novel way to consider both ion transport and reaction in the aqueous phase and electronic conduction in the graphitic scaffold using a unified Poisson–Nernst–Planck framework. Though the model used no arbitrary or fitting parameters, the ionic resistance calculated for the porous layer agreed well with the highly non-Ohmic experimental values previously reported for the entire fuel cell. Interestingly, electronic charge carriers in the scaffold were found to obviate the need for counterion presence in this unique electrolyte structure. Still, the thickness- and temperature-dependent model results offer limited prospects for improving the power output.
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