Polymer-based Nanocomposites for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells
S. Ghosh, R.N. Basu
Direct alcohol fuel cells (DAFCs) have been widely considered as an energy conversion device used in portable electronic devices and stationary power systems. The fabrication of inexpensive, high performance and durable electrocatalysts is the major challenge in DAFCs application. Particularly, platinum and other low-cost metal such as palladium and transition metal-based polymer nanocomposites are known as efficient electrocatalysts for electrooxidation of alcohol. The chapter describes some of the recent developments of polymer composites catalysts as anode material for fuel cell applications. The present chapter includes a deeper understanding of the composition-tunable metal based polymer nanocomposites as electrocatalysts and their effectiveness of catalytic activity and energy conversion in DAFCs.
Keywords
Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell (DAFCs), Noble Metal, Conducting Polymer Nanostructure, Polymer Composites, Methanol, Ethanol, Electrooxidation
Published online 5/5/2019, 22 pages
Citation: S. Ghosh, R.N. Basu, Polymer-based Nanocomposites for Direct Alcohol Fuel Cells, Materials Research Foundations, Vol. 49, pp 271-292, 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644900192-9
Part of the book on Nanomaterials for Alcohol Fuel Cells
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