Design and Fabrication of a Silicon-based Micro Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Stack
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This paper presents a silicon-based micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) stack with compact stacked structure and a unique shared anode plate. The μDMFC stack consists of two fuel cells in electrically parallel connection, while the fuel transport is arranged in series. Experimental results show that the μDMFC stack generates a power density of 12.71mW/cm, almost twice as much as that of a single cell, when fed with 1M methanol solution at room temperature.
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