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Fuel Cells Research

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Associated Faculty

Selected Research Profiles

• Increasing energy efficiency in solid oxide fuel cells. . .
• Micro/Miniature fuel cells improve military preparedness. . .
• Improving on the reform process. . .
• Forging more efficient direct methanol fuel cells. . .
  Dr Russell Kunz is interested in improving the energy efficiency of direct methanol fuel cells. He is currently are focusing on developing and performance testing of tri-layer membrane, membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for both liquid phase and vapor phase direct methanol/air proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells using 60-90 watt commercially available stack hardware. This method is expected to increase power output, or performance, over presently available direct methanol MEAs by 30%, thereby reducing the cost, weight and volume by 30%. Enhanced efficiency, paired with smaller size, will lead to significantly smaller, portable fuel cells.