What is a micro fuel cell?

The concept of the fuel cell is not new. In fact, the concept of the fuel cell was developed in 1838 by a German scientist named Christian Friedrich Schonbien. In 1845, Welsh scientist Sir William Robert Grove took this concept and developed the world's first fuel article. However, technology has gone a long way since then and we are now using a fuel cell in various applications. In general, the fuel cell works under the same principle, but is greater than its micro counterpart and can have different types of fuel sources. Micro fuel cell, which is used as a source of energy for small electronic devices, is a specific type of fuel cell that uses methanol as a fuel source. The catalyst is an agent used to create a chemical reaction, which in the case of a micro fuel cell is water. The node acatalys will react with methanol fuel, while the cathode catalyst reacts with the air.

On the anode side of the micro fuel cells, water and methanol protons, electrons and carbon dioxide produce. The electrons are directed to flowing through the conductors in the electrical system that the micro fuel cell is powered, while the protons are directed to the catalyst of the cathode of the fuel cell membrane. The only thing left on the side of the anode is carbon dioxide, which is emitted into the air.

On the layer with the catalyst of the cathode, electrons and protons meet again and react with oxygen and produce water vapor. Water vapor (and heat) is then emitted into the air.

fuel cells are beneficial for various reasons. Perhaps the biggest advantage provided by the fuel cell is that it can usually pack more energy in a smaller amount of space (ie high energy densters) and therefore provides longer use. For electronic devices that eat a lot of energy and do not have much space to place a large battery such as laptops, digital cameras, smartphones and PDA (personal digitMikro fuel cells may be useful.