Enhancement of electrooxidation activity of activated carbon for direct carbon fuel cell |
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Authors: | Dianxue Cao Guiling Wang Changqing Wang Jing Wang Tianhong Lu |
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Affiliation: | 1. College of Material Science and Chemical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin 150001, China;2. Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China |
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Abstract: | Direct carbon fuel cells are promising power sources using solid carbon directly as fuel. Their performances significantly depend on the electrooxidation activity of carbon fuel. Electrooxidation of activated carbon particulates in molten Li2CO3–K2CO3 was investigated by potentiodynamic and potentiostatic method. Results indicated that the electrooxidation performance of activated carbon was significantly enhanced by pre-soaking with Li2CO3–K2CO3 and by treatment with HF, HNO3 and NaOH, respectively. The onset potential negatively shifted by around 100 mV and the current density increased by around 50 mA cm−2 after pre-soaking. The non-oxidant acids (HF) treatments are more effective than oxidant acid (HNO3) and base (NaOH) treatments. HF treated activated carbon exhibited the highest activity among all the samples. The enhancement in electrooxidation performance can be closely correlated with the increase in surface area and porosity caused by acid and base treatments. |
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Keywords: | Carbon electrooxidation Pre-soaking Acid and base treatments Direct carbon fuel cell |
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