"it's still not uncommon for inmates to
go blind by getting intoxicated, by some residual methanol content in a similar alcoholic beverage brewed in the prisons."
Enhanced fuel cell performance using one atom thick 2D material
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Enhanced fuel cell performance using one atom thick 2D material
Methanol fuel cells are widely considered as a potential source of future energy due to the usage of methanol as a liquid fuel; simplicity in operation; higher energy density of methanol fuel; high power density obtained etc. However their commercialization is greatly hindered by methanol crossover taking place in the membrane area of fuel cells, leading to short circuits and greatly affecting overall performance.
More precisely, this problem could be defined as diffusion of methanol from anode to cathode through the membrane. This methanol – instead of reacting on the anode side – also reacts on the cathode side, thereby generating a short circuit.
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By using two-dimensional (2D) materials – graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (hBn) – in methanol fuel cell systems, we now have overcome this bottleneck.
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