Volume 10: Sustainable Energy Solutions for Changing the World: Part II

Direct Liquid Fuel Cells: A Research Progress and the State of the Art Yong-Hyok Kwon, Xu Yang, Zheng Fan, Zucheng Wu, Chi-Myong Jon

Abstract

Direct liquid fuel cells offer many advantages of that directly converts chemical energy into electric energy for power generation with easily obtaining fuels without fuel reforming including wastes or pollutants and such oxidants like heavy metals under common conditions. This work summarizes recent advances and progress mainly on the catalysis studies and their mechanism as well as some typical examples of fuel cell’s assemblies or redox pairs. The pioneering works of our laboratory indicated the technology is not only feasible but also applicable. Further investigations are required including fuel cell’s output current density and applicability.

Keywords direct liquid fuel cells, oxidants, catalysts