• 文献标题:   Prospects and challenges of graphene based fuel cells
  • 文献类型:   Review
  • 作  者:   IQBAL MZ, REHMAN AU, SIDDIQUE S
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, fuel cell, electrocatalyst, power density, durability
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF ENERGY CHEMISTRY
  • ISSN:   2095-4956
  • 通讯作者地址:   GIK Inst Engn Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.jechem.2019.02.009
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Novel characteristics of graphene have captured great attention of researchers for energy technology applications. Incorporation of graphene related hybrid and composite materials have demonstrated high performance and durability for fuel cell energy conversion devices. This article overviews graphene based materials for fuel cell technology applications such as electrodes additives, bipolar plates and proton conducting electrolyte membrane. The graphene dispersion over electrodes has revealed enhanced exposure of electrochemically active surface area for improved electro-catalytic activity towards fuel oxidation and oxidant reduction reactions. The issue of device stack durability and degraded performance due to corrosion of bipolar plates is discussed by incorporating graphene based materials. In proton exchange membrane devices, graphene as an electrolyte has shown an excellent performance towards high ionic conductivity and power density. The graphene incorporation in fuel cell devices has exhibited commendable performance and has bright future for commercial applications. (C) 2019 Science Press and Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Published by Elsevier B.V. and Science Press. All rights reserved.