Membraneless fuel cell is tiny, versatile
James E. Kloeppel, Physical Sciences Editor
217-244-1073; kloeppel@illinois.edu
3/15/2005
STORY
The system designed by Paul Kenis, a professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, uses a Y-shaped microfluidic channel in which two liquid streams containing fuel and oxidant merge and flow between catalyst-covered electrodes without mixing.
E.R. Choban, L.J. Markoski, A. Wieckowski, and P.J.A. Kenis:
Microfluidic Fuel Cell based on Laminar Flow Journal of Power Sources, 2004