A Review of Polymer Fuel Cells

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1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Islamic Azad University, Abadan, Iran

2 Institute for Color Science and Technology

Abstract

E xhaustion of fossil fuels, their environmental pollution, and human dependence on
this type of fuel have made the production of clean and sustainable energy, one of the
greatest issues in providing human energy in the future. This has led many researchers to
seek new clean and sustainable sources of energy. In addition to solar, wind, geothermal
and biomass energy, fuel cell energy is also become very important. Fuel cells are a new
technology for generating energy that produces high-efficiency electrical energy through
direct reaction between fuel and oxidizer without creating environmental and noise
pollution. Currently, the most popular fuel cell is the hydrogen type, which is produced
water, heat, and electricity by the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen. Fuel cells consist
of three main parts: a cathode, an anode, and an electrolyte. Electrolytes play an important
role in the fuel cell and allow ions to pass through the cell with the necessary selectivity. In
recent years, polymers have been used as electrolytes in the manufacture of conventional
hydrogen fuel cells, known as polymer fuel cells. Given the advances made in the field of
polymer fuel cells and the specific polymers used in them, this paper intends to address the
general structure of hydrogen fuel cells with emphasis on the polymer structure.

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