Potential application of anion-exchange membrane for hydrazine fuel cell electrolyte

• DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2003.08.015
• Publication Date: 2003-09-16T18:32:50Z
• Authors: Koji Yamada; Kazuaki Yasuda; Naoko Fujiwara; Zyun Siroma; Hirohisa Tanaka; Yoshinori Miyazaki; Tetsuhiko Kobayashi
• Keywords: Hydrazine (antidepressant)

A platinum electrocatalyst layer was directly bound to a perfluorinated anion-exchange membrane (AEM) by the electroless plating method and used for the characterization of AEM as a polymer electrolyte membrane for a direct hydrazine fuel cell. The crossover amount of hydrazine through AEM was much lower than that through the cation-exchange membrane (CEM) that did not depend on the applied current density. The fuel cell performance was far superior when using AEM than when using CEM.