Mehmood, Asad Ha, Heung Yong 2024-01-20T10:32:34Z 2024-01-20T10:32:34Z 2021-09-05 2014-02 0306-2619 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/127166 A detailed study has been carried out to investigate the changes taking place in the electrodes of a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) upon their exposure to the hydrogen gas that is electrochemically evolved in situ in the electrodes. It is found that the individual, as well as the combined, H-2 evolution treatment of both the anode and the cathode for a short amount of time causes a substantial improvement in the cell performance, which is attributed to their improved catalytic activities. The exposure of Pt and PtRu catalysts to evolved H2 is beneficial in reducing the surface oxides that are formed during DMFC operation. The performance losses originating from the catalyst oxidation in a continuous operation are successfully recovered by the H-2 evolution method, and the DMFC has experienced a voltage loss of only 15 mV during a 1383 h durability test. These results show the effectiveness of using the H-2 evolution method to reduce catalyst oxides and recover the performance losses of a DMFC. Various physical and electrochemical analyses are carried out to fully understand the mechanism and the consequences of the H-2 evolution treatment in DMFCs. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. English ELSEVIER SCI LTD CATHODE PERFORMANCE CATALYST ANODE MEMBRANE ACTIVATION OXIDATION OXYGEN PTRU IMPROVEMENT DURABILITY Performance restoration of direct methanol fuel cells in long-term operation using a hydrogen evolution method Article 10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.09.042 1 APPLIED ENERGY, v.114, pp.164 - 171 APPLIED ENERGY 114 164 171 scie scopus 000330814100017 2-s2.0-84885915067 Energy & Fuels Engineering, Chemical Energy & Fuels Engineering Article CATHODE PERFORMANCE CATALYST ANODE MEMBRANE ACTIVATION OXIDATION OXYGEN PTRU IMPROVEMENT DURABILITY Direct methanol fuel cell Hydrogen evolution Catalyst oxides reduction Durability test Performance recovery