期刊
JOURNAL OF MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS
卷 17, 期 6, 页码 1388-1395出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JMEMS.2008.2007250
关键词
Fuel cell; hydrogen generation; metal hydride; microvalve; power source; power source for portable electronics
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资金
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) [DST 2007-0299513-000-1]
We report microfabrication of a millimeter-scale fuel cell with onboard fuel and a passive control mechanism. This unique power source has a total volume of 9 mu L (3 x 3 x 1 mm(3)), which makes it the smallest fully integrated fuel cell reported in the literature. The first generation of this device delivered an energy density of 254 W . h/L. The device uses a reaction between a metal hydride, LiAlH4, and water vapor to generate hydrogen in a reactor. The generated hydrogen exits the reactor through a nanoporous silicon wall to reach a hybrid silicon/Nafion membrane electrode assembly. A passive micro-fiuidic control system regulates hydrogen generation through controlled delivery of water vapor to the metal hydride based on the reactor pressure. The development of this unique power source greatly benefits the portable electronics industry and enables future technologies that require significantly high energy density power sources such as cognitive arthropods (thinking insect-sized robots). This paper provides details of the device microfabrication processes, component integration, and performance analysis.
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