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Research of AC Impedance of Dynamic Behavior of Direct Methanol Fuel Cell

LI Jia-Chun1,2, XIE Xiao-Feng2*, GUO Jian-Wei2, QI Liang2, ZHOU Tao1*   

    1. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
    2. Institute of Nuclear and New Energy Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • Received:2007-07-16 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2008-03-10 Published:2008-03-10
  • Contact: XIE Xiao-Feng, ZHOU Tao

Abstract: Electrochemical Impedance Spectrum (EIS) was employed to investigate the dynamic behavior and interior mechanism of direct methanol fuel cell(DMFC) in working states. The spectrums were simulated through the equivalent circuit of L1R1[QR2(L2R3)], and the results show that the high inductance L1 was only related to the EIS measurement process. Meanwhile, the system resistance R1 and charge transfer resistance R2 was shown to decrease gradually but was affected by mass transfer at high discharging current. Both the low inductance L2 and low frequency resistance R3 in circuit reflected the adsorption/desorption balance of intermediate species originating form methanol oxidation reaction, which decreased with the discharge current increasing. The constant phase elements(CPE) Q in this circuit was mainly influenced by the driving forces of both reactions and mass transfer, and indicated that there existed a transition process from ideal capacitance to the charge transfer with the discharging current increasing.

Key words: Direct methanol fuel cell(DMFC), AC Impedance, Inductance, Resistance, Mass transfer

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