title: A paper based self-pumping and self-breathing fuel cell using pencil stroked graphite electrodes.
abstract: We develop a paper based fuel cell in which fluids flow through a capillary transport mechanism. The pencil stroked graphite electrodes take oxygen from quiescent air. This simple and efficient paper fuel cell can generate energy to the tune of 32 mW cm(-2) over a prolonged duration of around 1000 minutes, and with the consumption of a very low volume of formic acid as fuel (~1 mL).
authors.affiliation: Micro System Technology Laboratory, CSIR-Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute, MG Avenue, Durgapur, India. n_chanda@cmeri.res.in.
authors.forename: Ravi Kumar
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Arun
authors.forename: Saurav
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Halder
authors.forename: Nripen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chanda
authors.forename: Suman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakraborty