Abstract
A small microwatt fuel cell stack and system was designed, fabricated, and tested for passive operation with pure H2 and O2 to provide continuous power for multiple decades with uncontrolled fluctuating ambient conditions. The stack was designed to operate with dead ended gas flows with water removal via passive membrane diffusion to notches in the bipolar plates. Additional requirements for decades long operation is minimizing H2 and O2 consumption, specifically membrane cross-over; to minimize cross-over, stacks were built with layered membranes of 100 µm and 400 µm. The stack spatial water concentration level was monitored during operation by in situ neutron imaging to evaluate the passive water management design. Operation was verified by testing at temperatures ranging from -55 °C to 80 °C, including periodic pulses in power.
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