{"id":16332,"date":"2021-12-03T14:09:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=16332"},"modified":"2021-12-03T14:20:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T14:20:32","slug":"osu-research-analyses-using-direct-ethanol-fuel-cells-auto-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/osu-research-analyses-using-direct-ethanol-fuel-cells-auto-industry\/16332\/","title":{"rendered":"OSU research analyses using direct ethanol fuel cells in auto industry"},"content":{"rendered":"
Alternative-energy research at Oregon State University is charting a path toward the mass adoption of clean cars powered by direct-ethanol fuel cells.<\/p>\n
Zhenzing Feng and team have had to tackle the three problems that have long been associated with DEFC in the past, these issues include, low efficiency, cost of catalytic materials, and the toxicity of chemical reactions inside the cells.<\/p>\n
In order to combat these usual problems, Feng and team found that putting fluorine atoms into palladium nitrogen carbon catalysts had several positive effects, such as keeping dense cells stable for nearly six thousand hours.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur team showed that introducing fluorine atoms into palladium-nitrogen-carbon catalysts modifies the environment around the palladium, and that improves both activity and durability for two important reactions in the cell: the ethanol oxidation reaction and the oxygen reduction reaction,\u201d Feng said. \u201cAdvanced synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy characterisations made at Argonne suggest that fluorine atom introduction creates a more nitrogen-rich palladium surface, which is favourable for catalysis. Durability is enhanced by inhibiting palladium migration and decreasing carbon corrosion.\u201d<\/p>\n