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A high-power carbohydrate fuel cell

Larsson, Ragnar LU ; Folkesson, B ; Spaziante, PM ; Veerasai, W and Exell, RHB (2006) In Renewable Energy 31(4). p.549-552
Abstract
This paper reports the development of a fuel cell consisting of a vanadium flow battery in which the vanadium ions are reduced by sugar (from a carbohydrate) to oxidation state +3 on one side of a membrane, and are oxidized to state +5 on the other side by oxygen. The theoretical upper limit to the conversion efficiency of the energy in sugar by this method under standard conditions is 54%. We have obtained efficiencies up to 45% in our laboratory tests. This way of using biomass for electricity production avoids the Carnot cycle losses in heat engines. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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biomass conversion, fuel cell, flow battery, carbohydrate, sugar, vanadium
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Renewable Energy
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31
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4
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549 - 552
publisher
Elsevier
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  • wos:000234821600011
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0960-1481
DOI
10.1016/j.renene.2005.04.006
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English
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  series       = {{Renewable Energy}},
  title        = {{A high-power carbohydrate fuel cell}},
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