Membraneless vanadium redox fuel cell using laminar flow.
This paper describes the design and characterization of a small, membraneless redox fuel cell. The smallest channel dimensions of the cell were 2 mm x 50 mum or x 200 mum; the cell was fabricated in poly(dimethylsiloxane) using soft lithography. This all-vanadium fuel cell took advantage of laminar flow to obviate the need for a membrane to separate the solutions of oxidizing and reducing components.
Ferrigno
Rosaria
R
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, 12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
Stroock
Abraham D
AD
Clark
Thomas D
TD
Mayer
Michael
M
Whitesides
George M
GM
D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004566:Electrodes; D004736:Energy-Generating Resources; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D014639:Vanadium / Q000737:chemistry*
D014639:Vanadium; D002244:Carbon; D006046:Gold