RESEARCH ARTICLE

Cathodes with MnO2 catalysts for metal fuel battery

  • Songbo WEI ,
  • He LIU ,
  • Ran WEI ,
  • Lin CHEN
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  • PetroChina Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development, Beijing 100083, China

Received date: 15 May 2018

Accepted date: 20 Jul 2018

Published date: 20 Mar 2019

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2018 Higher Education Press and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2019

Abstract

A series of cathodes with MnO2 catalysts of metal fuel battery were prepared. The catalyst slurry was treated by ultrasonic dispersion under the ultrasonic time of 20 min, 40 min and 60 min. The cathodes were also dried with the temperature of 90°C, 120°C and 150°C. Besides, the microstructures of the cathodes and discharging performance were investigated. The results indicated that the ultrasonic time and drying temperature had a remarkable influence on the electric current densities, but had little effect on the open-circuit voltage. The effects of oxygen on the current density and voltage of cathode were also studied, and it was found that the method of blowing oxygen to cathode could increase the current density of the metal fuel battery.

Cite this article

Songbo WEI , He LIU , Ran WEI , Lin CHEN . Cathodes with MnO2 catalysts for metal fuel battery[J]. Frontiers in Energy, 2019 , 13(1) : 9 -15 . DOI: 10.1007/s11708-019-0611-5

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