直接甲醇燃料电池甲醇传质过程分析及浓度控制策略

甲醇溶液浓度对于直接甲醇燃料电池(DMFC)的性能具有重要影响。 本文旨在建立一种能在电源系统中有效控制甲醇浓度的策略。 通过构建电池内甲醇物料守恒和热守恒方程,确定了基于电量和温度这两个参数的甲醇浓度控制策略。 通过测试温度-浓度关系验证了控制策略的可行性。 结果表明,采用该策略,DMFC电源系统稳定运行超过420 min;合适的甲醇浓度范围为0.70~0.87 mol/L。 该策略完成了甲醇浓度控制的目标,并将在电源系统中发挥重要作用。     

直接甲醇燃料电池性能

采用商品Pt-Ru/C和Pt/C催化剂制备成甲醇阳极和氧阴极,Nafion-115为固体电解质膜,组装成面积为9cm^2单电池,研究了电池在放电运转过程中各种操作条件,如温度、氧气压力,甲醇浓度等对电池性能的影响,并考察了电池室温放电性能随时间的变化,发现增加电池的温度和 氧气压力均可明显提高电池性能,在合适的甲醇学及氧气压力下电池在室温具有一定的稳定放电性能。     

直接甲醇燃料电池动态行为的交流阻抗研究

采用交流阻抗法(EIS)研究了直接甲醇燃料电池(DMFC)放电状态下的动态电化学行为及内部作用机理. 通过L1R1[QR2(L2R3)]形式的等效电路对其阻抗图谱进行了较好的模拟解析, 研究结果表明, 高频电感(L1)相关于EIS的测量过程; 系统电阻(R1)和电荷转移电阻(R2)随工作电流的升高均呈下降趋势, 但传质状况对其具有一定干扰; 低频电感(L2)和低频电阻(R3)随电流的升高均逐渐降低, 这共同反映出阳极甲醇的电氧化行为; 电极反应驱动力和内部传质共同决定常相位角元件Q的变化规律, 随着放电电流的升高, 电池内部表现出了由理想电容到浓差极化的中间过渡过程.     

直接甲醇燃料电池用磺化聚醚醚酮膜初探

应用电化学方法研究了SPEEK膜的甲醇渗透性能.SPEEK膜具有比Nafion115膜低的甲醇渗透.以其作质子交换膜电解质组装的直接甲醇燃料电池(DMFCs)开路电压高于Nafion115膜组装的DMFC开路电压,但电池的放电性能尚待改进.本研究可为SPEEK应用于直接甲醇燃料电池提供一定的依据.     

阳极支撑层憎水性对被动式直接甲醇燃料电池传质性能的影响

通过测定甲醇渗透率,详细研究了阳极支撑层的聚四氟乙烯（PTFE）含量对全被动式直接甲醇燃料电池（DMFC）甲醇传质和电池性能的影响。 膜电极集合体均使用相同的阳极催化层,膜和阴极。 实验结果表明,随着阳极支撑层PTFE含量的提高,甲醇渗透速率明显减小。 其含量较高时,甲醇传质阻力较大,会导致电池在很低的电流密度下就出现传质控制区。 采用PTFE质量分数为40%的支撑层时,DMFC以9 mol/L甲醇为燃料最大功率密度可达32×10-3 W/cm2,也进一步证明了适当提高阳极支撑层的憎水性,既有助于减少甲醇的渗透,又缓解了阴极的“水淹”问题。     

甲醇-三氟化硼乙醚混合质子电解质

甲醇和三氟化硼乙醚(BFEE)本身离子电导率很低,向甲醇溶液中加入少量BFEE可以形成良好的质子电解质溶液.随着甲醇中BFEE浓度的变化,溶液的离子电导率具有最大值,达20mS/cm.红外光谱和1HNMR研究表明混合电解质中的主要导电离子为MeOH2+和MeOBF3-.     

直接甲醇燃料电池Pt-Ru/C催化剂的稳定性

 采用单电池寿命测试和电化学快速老化两种方法考察了直接甲醇燃料电池阳极电催化剂Pt-Ru/C的稳定性,研究了电池实际运行条件下催化剂微观形貌的变化对电池性能的影响. 结果表明,Pt-Ru/C催化剂做成膜电极后,粒径由2.8 nm增大到3.8 nm,催化剂的粒径随放电时间的延长有增大的趋势,连续放电320 h,粒径增大到5.8 nm. 采用电化学方法能够快速地评价催化剂的稳定性,大大缩短催化剂稳定性评价的周期,有利于催化剂的制备和筛选.     

顺序注射固定化酶化学发光法在线检测甲醇酵母发酵液中的甲醇

运用顺序注射分析技术,完成了样品的在线预处理,并采用固定化酶化学发光检测法测定甲醇的浓度,建立了一种在线监测甲醇酵母发酵诱导阶段发酵液中甲醇浓度的新方法。在选定的最佳条件下,甲醇浓度在0%～1.0%(V/V)范围内与化学发光强度呈良好的线性关系(R=0.9995),相对标准偏差(RSD)为1.9%(n=11),72 h内RSD为5.0%(0.2%甲醇溶液)。该法可在线自动完成过滤、稀释、测定等操作,分析速度快,长期稳定性高,能满足在线监测甲醇酵母发酵液中甲醇浓度的要求。     

滑动弧放电等离子体分解甲醇制氢

对常温常压下滑动弧放电等离子体直接分解甲醇进行了研究,探讨了载气流量、甲醇浓度、电极间距、输入电压和气化室温度等实验参数的影响。结果表明,不同操作条件导致甲醇转化率由51%升高到81.7%,氢气和一氧化碳的选择性之比基本保持一个固定值。除了氢气和一氧化碳,产物中还检测到了少量的甲烷和C₂不饱和烃以及痕量二氧化碳。不同于传统的甲醇热分解机理,提出了滑动弧放电等离子体甲醇分解的制氢路径。     

盐/甲醇体系荧光光谱的分析和指认

研究了CaCl2、LiCl和Ca(NO3)2在甲醇溶液中的荧光光谱,并对溶液中可能的团簇构型采用密度泛函理论和含时(TD)密度泛函理论中的B3LYP方法进行结构优化和激发能计算.实验结果表明CaCl2和LiCl与甲醇形成了具有荧光性质的簇合物,且随着CaCl2和LiCl浓度的增加溶液的荧光强度整体呈增强趋势,而Ca(NO3)2与甲醇相互作用使甲醇发生荧光猝灭.理论计算得到盐/甲醇溶液中可能存在多种簇合物,但能使甲醇溶液荧光增强的团簇构型主要为[CaCl(CH3OH)n]+和LiCl(CH3OH)n,而NO3-与甲醇通过氢键作用形成簇合物的振荡强度几乎为零,解释了NO3-使甲醇发生荧光猝灭的现象.     

Optimization of methanol biosynthesis byMethylosinus trichosporium OB3b: An approach to improve methanol accumulation

Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b is a methanotrophic bacterium containing methane mono-oxygenase, catalyzing hydroxylation of methane to methanol. When methane is oxidized, the product is subsequently oxidized by methanol dehydrogenase contained in the same bacterium. To prevent further oxidation of methanol, the cell suspension was treated by cyclopropanol, an irreversible inhibitor for methanol dehydrogenase, leading to extracellular methanol accumulation. However, the reaction was terminated at approx 3 h with a final methanol concentration below 2.96 mmol/g dry cell. The methanol production efficiency (the ratio of the produced methanol per methane consumption) was 2.90%. By selecting the culture conditions and the reaction conditions, the reaction continued for 100 h, resulting in a methanol concentration of 152 mmol/g dry cell. This level was 51 times higher than that of the conventional reaction, and the methanol production efficiency was 61%.     

生物质气催化合成甲醇的研究

在高压微型反应装置上进行了生物质气合成甲醇的研究。利用组成为H2/CO/CO2 /N2(体积比)=52.5/21.5/22.8/3.2 的富CO2原料气考察了不同温度、压力和空速条件时甲醇的时空产率和质量分数。结果表明，在所考察的范围内，甲醇的产率和质量分数在260 ℃达到最大。产率和质量分数随反应压力升高而增大，空速增加使产率增大，甲醇的质量分数降低。当p=4 MPa，t=260 ℃，WHSV=5 280 h-1时, 甲醇的时空产率为0.79 g·（mL·h）－１,质量分数为96.2%,与工业合成气相比，分别下降25.8％和1.64％。     

Effect of sorbed methanol, current, and temperature on multicomponent transport in nafion-based direct methanol fuel cells

The CO2 in the cathode exhaust of a liquid feed direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) has two sources: methanol diffuses through the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) to the cathode where it is catalytically oxidized to CO2; additionally, a portion of the CO2 produced at the anode diffuses through the MEA to the cathode. The potential-dependent CO2 exhaust from the cathode was monitored by online electrochemical mass spectrometry (ECMS) with air and with H2 at the cathode. The precise determination of the crossover rates of methanol and CO2, enabled by the subtractive normalization of the methanol/air to the methanol/H2 ECMS data, shows that methanol decreases the membrane viscosity and thus increases the diffusion coefficients of sorbed membrane components. The crossover of CO2 initially increases linearly with the Faradaic oxidation of methanol, reaches a temperature-dependent maximum, and then decreases. The membrane viscosity progressively increases as methanol is electrochemically depleted from the anode/electrolyte interface. The crossover maximum occurs when the current dependence of the diffusion coefficients and membrane CO2 solubility dominate over the Faradaic production of CO2. The plasticizing effect of methanol is corroborated by measurements of the rotational diffusion of TEMPONE (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidone N-oxide) spin probe by electron spin resonance spectroscopy. A linear inverse relationship between the methanol crossover rate and current density confirms the absence of methanol electro-osmotic drag at concentrations relevant to operating DMFCs. The purely diffusive transport of methanol is explained in terms of current proton solvation and methanol-water incomplete mixing theories.     

自呼吸直接甲醇燃料电池膜电极的优化(英文)

针对空气自呼吸式直接甲醇燃料电池甲醇易渗透和阴极易水淹的特点,通过对催化层催化剂载量、阴极微孔层、阳极微孔层和膜等因素进行调控,对膜电极结构和性能的进行了优化.结果表明,使用高载量催化剂能有效降低甲醇渗透,但载量过高会引起传质阻力.当阳极微孔层PTFE含量为30%(bymass)时,可以有效促进CO2的均一析出,从而降低甲醇浓度梯度,减小甲醇透过.综合考虑甲醇渗透和阴极自返水,经优化后所得MEA在室温时自呼吸工作条件下,比功率密度达到33mW·cm-2,最优甲醇工作浓度为4mol·L-1.     

Polymer electrolyte membranes for the direct methanol fuel cell: A review

The direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) has the potential to replace lithium‐ion rechargeable batteries in portable electronic devices, but currently experiences significant power density and efficiency losses due to high methanol crossover through polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs). Numerous publications document the synthesis and characterization of new PEMs for the DMFC. This article reviews this research, transport phenomena in PEMs, and experimental techniques used to evaluate new PEMs for the DMFC. Although many PEMs do not show significant improvements over Nafion®, the benchmark PEM in DMFCs, experimental results show that several new PEMs exhibit lower methanol crossover at similar proton conductivities and/or higher DMFC power densities. These results and recommendations for future research are discussed. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Parts B: Polym Phys 44: 2201–2225, 2006     

Investigations of flow field designs in direct methanol fuel cell

An experimental and simulation research had been performed to investigate the performance as well as the flow distribution in the cathode flow field in the case of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs). The gas was well distributed in serpentine flow field, whereas stagnation of the gas was observed in parallel flow field. These would contribute to the cell performance greatly due to mass transfer effect when the cells start operating. In addition, the durability test of DMFC was drastically affected in parallel flow field due to poor ability to drain flooded water produced electrochemically at cathode and crossover from anode. In addition, pressure drops of different flow fields were also investigated to evaluate their contribution and feasibility as an economic application for DMFC. DMFC with serpentine flow field featuring higher pressure difference resulted in a larger parasitic energy demand. However, the optimal flow field designs are needed to balance the performance and pressure loss to achieve a uniform fluid distribution and simultaneously minimize energy demand for mass transport. Consequently, flow field with grid pattern appears to be the optimal design for the DMFC cathode.     

An NMR study of methanol diffusion in polymer electrolyte fuel cell membranes

Methanol diffusion in two polymer electrolyte membranes, Nafion 117 and BPSH 40 (a 40% disulfonated wholly aromatic polyarylene ether sulfone), was measured using a modified pulsed field gradient NMR method. This method allowed for the diffusion coefficient of methanol within the membrane to be determined while immersed in a methanol solution of known concentration. A second set of gradient pulses suppressed the signal from the solvent in solution, thus allowing the methanol within the membrane to be monitored unambiguously. Over a methanol concentration range of 0.5–8 M, methanol diffusion coefficients in Nafion 117 were found to increase from 2.9 × 10⁻⁶ to 4.0 × 10⁻⁶ cm² s⁻¹. For BPSH 40, the diffusion coefficient dropped significantly over the same concentration range, from 7.7 × 10⁻⁶ to 2.5 × 10⁻⁶cm² s⁻¹. The difference in diffusion behavior is largely related to the amount of solvent sorbed by the membranes. Increasing the methanol concentration results in an increase in solvent uptake for Nafion 117, while BPSH 40 actually excludes the solvent at higher concentrations. In contrast, diffusion of methanol measured via permeability measurements (assuming a partition coefficient of 1) was lower (1.3 × 10⁻⁶ and 6.4 × 10⁻⁷ cm² s⁻¹ for Nafion 117 and BPSH 40 respectively) and showed no concentration dependence. The differences observed between the two techniques are related to the length scale over which diffusion is monitored and the partition coefficient, or solubility, of methanol in the membranes as a function of concentration. For the permeability measurements, this length is equal to the thickness of the membrane (178 and 132 μm for Nafion 117 and BPSH 40 respectively) whereas the NMR method observes diffusion over a length of approximately 4–8 μm. Regardless of the measurement technique, BPSH 40 is a greater barrier to methanol permeability at high methanol concentrations.     

三维结构氧化石墨烯载铂催化剂对甲醇电催化性能

喷雾干燥法制备具有三维结构的氧化石墨烯(PGO),在其表面进一步负载活性成分Pt,得到纳米Pt/PGO复合催化剂。采用X射线粉末衍射(XRD)、透视电镜(TEM)和扫描电镜(SEM)等对催化剂的形貌和结构进行表征。结果表明,PGO具有类似于长4-6μm和宽2.0-3.0μm的三维纸团结构,平均粒径为4.2 nm的Pt纳米粒子均匀分布在其表面。采用循环伏安和计时电流法研究了在酸性溶液中催化剂对甲醇的电催化氧化性能。结果表明,Pt/PGO催化剂对甲醇呈现出更高的电催化氧化活性和稳定性。PGO所具有的三维结构和双功能作用机理有利于甲醇在铂表面的电催化氧化过程的发生。     

循环气流床反应器甲醇合成研究

1975年美国Chem Systems Inc公司提出液相法甲醇合成工艺的概念,采用导热性能优良的液体作为热载体,床层温度均匀易控,从而可提高原料气的单程转化率,出口甲醇质量分数可达到15％。传统浆态床反应器相对固定床虽然具有良好的传热性能,温度分布比较均匀,但是浆态床由于液体溶剂的存在以及气体分布不均匀,给传质过程带来了负面影响,增加了体系的复杂性。尽管优化气体分布器结构,可以起到改善传质的效果,但是还是无法明显改善传统浆态床内气液传质性能,反应器内固体沉积团聚严重。循环气流床通过循环泵的强制循环和喷嘴的雾化作用,相比如传统浆态床反应器,具有良好的传质能力、固体悬浮,并且能有效地减少轴向返混,具有相间接触充分、气液比（气固比）调节灵活、催化剂利用率高等特点。本实验研究了空速、循环量、喷嘴个数、催化剂浓度对甲醇合成的影响,为以后反应器的放大优化提供基础数据。     

A model for methanol transport through Nafion membrane in diffusion cell

The transport of methanol through Nafion^® membrane in diffusion cell is investigated using the open circuit potential method at different initial methanol concentration solutions. A simple mathematical model based on quasi-steady-state diffusion for the transport of methanol across the membrane in a diffusion cell is developed to simulate the experimental data in order to measure the methanol permeability. The influence of the diffusion cell parameters and thickness of the membrane on the methanol permeability measurement has been evaluated and analyzed. By means of Maclaurin expansion technique, this model can be used to predict the deviation of methanol permeability determined by steady-state diffusion model.