Development of a polymeric micro fuel cell containing laser-micromachined flow channels

• Main Authors: Chan, Siew Hwa, Nguyen, Nam-Trung, Xia, Zetao, Wu, Zhigang
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechatronics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/106147; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/23959; http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/15/1/032
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents the development of a micro fuel cell (μFC) by polymeric micromachining technique. The membrane electrode assembly (MEA) is embedded in a gold-coated polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) substrate, on which the gas flow channels are fabricated by laser micromachining. The special Gaussi...