Title :
Plasma based improvements in fuel cells
Author :
Boswell, R.W. ; Charles, C. ; Caillard, Amael ; Corr, Cormac ; Ramdutt, Devin ; Brault, Pascal
Author_Institution :
Space Plasma, Power & Propulsion Lab., Australian Nat. Univ., Acton, ACT
Abstract :
This paper concentrates on plasma sputtering of nano-aggregates of platinum catalyst, plasma deposition of open structure electrodes based on carbon nano-fibres and on plasma deposited membranes having properties similar to commercial products. Deposition of material for high temperature solid oxide fuel cells is presented. And comparison of the role of fuel cells in developing hydrogen economy and in hydrocarbon economy is also reported.
Keywords :
plasma deposition; plasma materials processing; solid oxide fuel cells; sputter deposition; carbon nanofibres; hydrocarbon economy; hydrogen economy; nanoaggregates; plasma deposited membranes; plasma deposition; plasma sputtering; platinum catalyst; solid oxide fuel cells; Biomembranes; Electrodes; Fuel cells; Plasma applications; Plasma materials processing; Plasma properties; Plasma temperature; Platinum; Solids; Sputtering;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science, 2008. ICOPS 2008. IEEE 35th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Karlsruhe
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1929-6
Electronic_ISBN :
0730-9244
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2008.4590977
