effects of anode flow field design on co2 bubble behavior in μdmfc影响阳极流场设计在μdmfc二氧化碳泡沫行为.pdfVIP

Sensors 2009, 9, 3314-3324; doi:10.3390/ OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Effects of Anode Flow Field Design on CO Bubble Behavior in μDMFC 2 Miaomiao Li 1 ，Junsheng Liang 1,2 ，Chong Liu 1,2,*,Gongquan Sun 3 and Gang Zhao 3 1 Key Laboratory for Micro/Nano Technology and System of Liaoning Province, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning Province, 116023, P.R. China; E-Mail: limiaomiao_mems@163.com (M.L.) 2 Key Laboratory for Precision and Non-traditional Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning Province, P.R. China 3 Direct Alcohol Fuel Cell Laboratory, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Dalian, Liaoning Province, P. R. China * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-mail address: chongl@ (C.L.); Tel.: +86 411 fax: +86 411 Received: 15 April 2009; in revised form: 24 April 2009 / Accepted: 27 April 2009/ Published: 6 May 2009 Abstract: Clogging of anode flow channels by CO bubbles is a vital problem for further 2 performance improvements of the micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC). In this paper, a new type anode structure using the concept of the non-equipotent serpentine flow field (NESFF) to solve this problem was designed, fabricated and tested. Experiments comparing the μDMFC with and without this type