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A long-term stable power supply μDMFC stack for wireless sensor node applications

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, , Citation Z L Wu et al 2013 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 476 012067 DOI 10.1088/1742-6596/476/1/012067

1742-6596/476/1/012067

Abstract

A passive, air-breathing 4-cell micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC) stack is presented featured by a fuel delivery structure for a long-term & stable power supply. The fuel is reserved in a T shape tank and diffuses through the porous diffusion layer to the catalyst at anode. The stack has a maximum power output of 110mW with 3M methanol at room temperature and output a stable power even thought 5% fuel is the remained in reservoir. Its performance decreases less than 3% for 100 hours continuous work. As such, it is believed to be more applicable for powering the wireless sensor nodes.

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10.1088/1742-6596/476/1/012067