Abstract
Microfluidic direct ethanol fuel cells are a promising technology for powering electronic portable devices in the future, and the use of efficient electrocatalysts, both anodic and cathodic are crucial for the development of this type of fuel cells. In this work, an Ag-Pt ethanol-tolerant cathode, synthesized by pulsed laser deposition is studied in the presence of high concentration of ethanol. The cathode exhibited similar catalytic activity to Pt towards the oxygen reduction reaction, performing the reaction through a 4 e− pathway but it showed practically no activity towards the ethanol oxidation reaction. Furthermore, the cathode was successfully tested in a microfluidic direct ethanol fuel cell under mixed-reactant conditions, delivering a maximum cell voltage of 0.75 V and maximum power density of 10 mW cm−2, thus demonstrating its capability to selectively accomplish the oxygen reduction reaction in presence of ethanol concentration as high as 2 M.
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