Factors that Determine the Performance of Carbon Fuels in the Direct Carbon Fuel Cell
The direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) is a promising power generation device, which has a much higher efficiency (80%) and a lower emission than conventional coal-fired power plants. In this study, different commercial carbon fuels including activated carbon (AC), carbon black (CB220 and CB660), and gr...
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| author | Li, X. Zhu, Z. De Marco, Roland Dicks, A. Bradley, J. Liu, S. Lu, G. |
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| description | The direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) is a promising power generation device, which has a much higher efficiency (80%) and a lower emission than conventional coal-fired power plants. In this study, different commercial carbon fuels including activated carbon (AC), carbon black (CB220 and CB660), and graphitic carbon (GC) were tested in DCFC at 600-800 C. The relationship between the intrinsic properties of carbon fuels and their electrochemical performance in the DCFC was analyzed. It is found that a desirable carbon fuel for DCFC should have high mesoporous surface area and rich oxygen-containing surface groups. The anodic performance of the DCFC may also be improved by small carbon particle size, fast stirring rates, and high cell temperatures. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-361022017-01-30T13:53:40Z Factors that Determine the Performance of Carbon Fuels in the Direct Carbon Fuel Cell Li, X. Zhu, Z. De Marco, Roland Dicks, A. Bradley, J. Liu, S. Lu, G. Carbons electrochemical activity direct carbon fuel cell The direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) is a promising power generation device, which has a much higher efficiency (80%) and a lower emission than conventional coal-fired power plants. In this study, different commercial carbon fuels including activated carbon (AC), carbon black (CB220 and CB660), and graphitic carbon (GC) were tested in DCFC at 600-800 C. The relationship between the intrinsic properties of carbon fuels and their electrochemical performance in the DCFC was analyzed. It is found that a desirable carbon fuel for DCFC should have high mesoporous surface area and rich oxygen-containing surface groups. The anodic performance of the DCFC may also be improved by small carbon particle size, fast stirring rates, and high cell temperatures. 2008 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36102 http://pubs.acs.org/journal/iecred American Chemical Society restricted |
| spellingShingle | Carbons electrochemical activity direct carbon fuel cell Li, X. Zhu, Z. De Marco, Roland Dicks, A. Bradley, J. Liu, S. Lu, G. Factors that Determine the Performance of Carbon Fuels in the Direct Carbon Fuel Cell |
| title | Factors that Determine the Performance of Carbon Fuels in the Direct Carbon Fuel Cell |
| title_full | Factors that Determine the Performance of Carbon Fuels in the Direct Carbon Fuel Cell |
| title_fullStr | Factors that Determine the Performance of Carbon Fuels in the Direct Carbon Fuel Cell |
| title_full_unstemmed | Factors that Determine the Performance of Carbon Fuels in the Direct Carbon Fuel Cell |
| title_short | Factors that Determine the Performance of Carbon Fuels in the Direct Carbon Fuel Cell |
| title_sort | factors that determine the performance of carbon fuels in the direct carbon fuel cell |
| topic | Carbons electrochemical activity direct carbon fuel cell |
| url | http://pubs.acs.org/journal/iecred http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36102 |