Liquid fuel cells

• Grigorii L. Soloveichik

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 1399–1418, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.153

• energy density of 110 Wh/L at the maximum concentration in water. The acidic nature of AA as a fuel reduces its crossover through acidic membranes. Unfortunately, the low power of such fuel cells makes them useful only to long-term portable or implantable applications. Direct formic acid fuel cells

• ) [140]. Due to their high power density, low crossover and an the insufficient stability of the electrocatalysts, the development of direct formic acid fuel cells currently targets small scale portable applications including microcells [126]. The electrooxidation of the formate anion in alkaline media

3D-nanoarchitectured Pd/Ni catalysts prepared by atomic layer deposition for the electrooxidation of formic acid

• Loïc Assaud,
• Evans Monyoncho,
• Kristina Pitzschel,
• Anis Allagui,
• Matthieu Petit,
• Margrit Hanbücken,
• Elena A. Baranova and
• Lionel Santinacci

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 162–172, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.16

• ); direct formic acid fuel cells; electrooxidation; nanostructured catalysts; Pd/Ni; Introduction Over the last decade, the miniaturization of fuel cells for the fast expanding market of portable devices has become a challenging research topic. Direct formic acid fuel cell (DFAFC) systems as