A Review of Recent Research Progress and Prospects
of Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells (DBFC)

Zhiya Han; Hongxing Xin; Xiaodong Zhuang; Peng Wu; Hualin Lin; Sheng Han

Review Article

A Review of Recent Research Progress and Prospects of Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells (DBFC)

Zhiya Han¹, Hongxing Xin², Xiaodong Zhuang³, Peng Wu¹, Hualin Lin² and Sheng Han²*

¹Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Process, Department of Chemistry, East China Normal University, China

²School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, China

³The Meso-Entropy Matter Lab, State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Electrical Insulation and Thermal Ageing, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Corresponding Author

Received Date: August 01, 2022; Published Date: September 01, 2022

Abstract

As global energy demand increases dramatically, the fossil energy system dominated by coal, oil, and natural gas has limited its wider application due to its high pollution and high carbon emission drawbacks. Alternative and clean new energy systems are being developed worldwide. DBFCs, as an outstanding class of PEMFCs, are gaining more and more enthusiasm from scholars for their potential in energy applications.

Keywords:DBFC; PEMFC; NaBH4; Electrochemical oxidation; Fuel cell

Abbreviations:Direct borohydride fuel cells (DBFC); Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC); Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC); Sodium borohydride (NaBH4); Cation-exchange ionomer (CEI); Anion-exchange ionomer (AEI); pH-gradient-enabled microscale bipolar interface (PMBI)

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Zhiya Han, Hongxing Xin, Xiaodong Zhuang, Peng Wu, Hualin Lin and Sheng Han*. A Review of Recent Research Progress and Prospects of Direct Borohydride Fuel Cells (DBFC). Glob J Eng Sci. 10(1): 2022. GJES.MS.ID.000728..