Desarrollo y evaluación de ensambles electrodo-membrana-electrodo para celdas de combustible de alta eficiencia.

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German Cespedes
Mariano Asteazaran
Emir Saab
Ana Castro Luna

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Las celdas de combustible permiten la conversión electroquímica de la energía contenida en ciertos compuestos como ser hidrógeno o alcoholes ricos en hidrógeno, en energía eléctrica en forma eficiente y no contaminante. El núcleo de la celda de combustible está constituido por cinco capas, las cuales se encuentran estrechamente interrelacionadas; éstas son la membrana conductora de protones, las capas difusoras de gases y las capas catalíticas tanto anódicas como catódicas. En este trabajo se desarrollan y se evalúan las partes constitutivas del ensamble, poniéndolas a prueba en una celda de combustible unitaria para evaluar su eficiencia en el laboratorio.

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Cespedes, G., Asteazaran, M., Saab, E., & Castro Luna, A. (2021). Desarrollo y evaluación de ensambles electrodo-membrana-electrodo para celdas de combustible de alta eficiencia. Ingenio Tecnológico, 3, e025. Recuperado a partir de https://ingenio.frlp.utn.edu.ar/index.php/ingenio/article/view/51
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