A Fluorohydrogenate Ionic Liquid Fuel Cell Operating Without Humidification
- 1 January 2005
- journal article
- Published by The Electrochemical Society in Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters
- Vol. 8 (4) , A231-A233
- https://doi.org/10.1149/1.1870672
Abstract
A fuel cell operating without humidification and driven by hydrogen transfer via fluorohydrogenate anions, , has been constructed using a room-temperature ionic liquid (molten salt), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium fluorohydrogenates, . The open-circuit voltage was under the flow of hydrogen and oxygen gas at . Polarization behaviors of the anode and cathode in revealed satisfactory performance as a fuel cell electrolyte. , which is thermally more stable than and does not liberate HF even at , exhibits significantly improved polarization behavior by the elevation of the operation temperature.Keywords
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