Developing Next Generation Direct Fuel Cell Systems using Liquid Fuels for Building and Automotive Applications.

该多学科项目旨在开发新一代高性能，低成本，用户友好，低温和中温直接燃料电池，利用替代高能量密度液体燃料，包括生物燃料，如乙醇，甘油和丁醇。尖端的高活性、高性价比的核-壳纳米催化剂将用于单燃料电池的原位筛选;然后将选定的催化剂按比例放大并应用于复杂的电池堆开发，这需要新颖的多尺度工程创新。短电池堆将在与目标应用相关的各种条件下进行开发和测试，涉及建筑和运输部门的热电联产。

This multidisciplinary project aims to develop a new generation of high performance, low cost, user friendly, low and intermediate temperatures direct fuel cells, utilizing alternative high energy density liquid fuels including biofuels such as ethanol, glycerol and butanol. Cutting edge highly active, cost effective core-shell nanocatalysts will be employed in the single fuel cell in-situ screening; then the selected catalysts will be scaled up and applied to the sophisticated cell stacks development, which requires novel multi-scale engineering innovation. The short cell stacks will be developed and tested under various conditions relevant to target applications, with respect to the combined heat and power for building and transportation sectors.