A development of direct hydrazine/hydrogen peroxide fuel cell

作者:Lao Shao Jiang; Qin Hai Ying; Ye Li Qiang; Liu Bin Hong; Li Zhou Peng*
来源:Journal of Power Sources, 2010, 195(13): 4135-4138.
DOI:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.01.059

摘要

A direct hydrazine fuel cell using H(2)O(2) as the oxidizer has been developed. The N(2)H(4)/H(2)O(2) fuel cell is assembled by using Ni-Pt/C composite catalyst as the anode catalyst, Au/C as the cathode catalyst, and Nation membrane as the electrolyte. Both anolyte and catholyte show significant influences on cell voltage and cell performance. The open-circuit voltage of the N(2)H(4)/H(2)O(2) fuel cell reaches up to 1.75 V when using alkaline N(2)H(4) solution as the anolyte and acidic H(2)O(2) solution as the catholyte.A maximum power density of 1.02 W cm(-2) has been achieved at operation temperature of 80 degrees C. The number of electrons exchanged in the H(2)O(2) reduction reaction on Au/C catalyst is 2.