Research Goal

The objective of this project is to develop new types of silicon microfabricated room temperature fuel cells supply for on-chip MEMS devices. A major problem with a number of MEMS devices in remote applications is the lack of a micropower source that delivers high energy and power density, all at ambient temperature conditions. Three types of micro-fuel cells are being explored (hydrogen, methanol, and formic acid) to address both the power and energy density issues. Several fundamental questions in microfabrication, and in charge, ion, and proton transport within the catalyst structure and within proton exchange membranes, still need to be resolved. Two papers have been published to date, and more are in preparation. (DARPA)

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Work partially supported by DARPA Grant #

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