I-Corps: A Novel Tubular Proton Exchange Fuel Cell Design

I-Corps：新型管式质子交换燃料电池设计

• 批准号: 2229712
• 负责人: Jasna Jankovic
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of Connecticut
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-08-01 至 2024-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2229712&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Novel; Tubular; Proton; Exchange

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the potential development of a novel tubular proton exchange fuel cell and potential commercialization for applications ranging from portable electronics to transport applications. Fuel cells are expected to play a significant role in zero-emission power generation and in the expansion of the hydrogen industry and clean energy, with the global market size projected to reach $25.5 billion by 2024. However, current planar fuel cell designs have challenges before they can be compatible with the Department of Energy targets for specific power, performance, cost, and durability. The proposed technology may address a number of these challenges due to its novel tubular design.This I-Corps project is based on the potential development of a proposed tubular proton exchange fuel cell, which due to its novel design, could offer reduced weight and improved specific power as well as reduced complexity, and reduced cost compared to the conventional planar fuel cell design. The technology may also offer improved reactant mass transport, possibly improved efficient product water removal, and may possess improved uniform reactant, current and temperature distribution. In this technology, structure-property-performance-degradation correlations for conventional, planar, agglomerate-type fuel cells, as well as carbon nanofiber-based fuel cells, could also be established to help guide the future rational design of efficient and stable components for zero-emission systems.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是一种新型的管状质子交换燃料电池的潜在发展以及从便携式电子设备到运输应用的应用的潜在商业化。预计燃料电池将在零发电发电和氢行工业和清洁能源的扩展中发挥重要作用，到2024年，全球市场规模预计将达到255亿美元。但是，当前的平面燃料电池设计与特定能量目标，性能，成本和耐用性之前，当前的平面燃料电池设计可能与能源部门兼容。提出的技术由于其新颖的管状设计可能会解决许多这些挑战。此I-Corps项目基于提议的管状质子交换燃料电池的潜在开发，由于其新颖的设计，它可以提供降低的重量和改善的特定功率，并降低复杂性，并降低了与传统的平面燃料电池相比，成本降低了。该技术还可以提供改善的反应物质量运输，可能改善有效的产品去除水，并可能具有改善的均匀反应剂，电流和温度分布。 In this technology, structure-property-performance-degradation correlations for conventional, planar, agglomerate-type fuel cells, as well as carbon nanofiber-based fuel cells, could also be established to help guide the future rational design of efficient and stable components for zero-emission systems.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader影响审查标准。