Progress Towards Direct Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cells (DHPFCs) as an Energy Storage Concept*

Ciaran J. McDonnell-Worth; Douglas R. MacFarlane

doi:10.1071/CH18328

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Progress Towards Direct Hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cells (DHPFCs) as an Energy Storage Concept*

Ciaran J. McDonnell-Worth

^A ^B and Douglas R. MacFarlane ^A

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^A Faculty of Science, Monash University, Scenic Boulevard and Wellington Road, Clayton, Vic. 3800, Australia.

^B Corresponding author. Email: ciaran.mcdonnell-worth@monash.edu

Ciaran McDonnell-Worth is a Research Fellow in the MacFarlane group at Monash University. He is a B.Sc. (Hons) graduate and obtained his Ph.D. degree from Monash University. His research interests are in electrogenerated fuels and clean energy storage.

Professor Doug MacFarlane is an Australian Laureate Fellow and leader of the Energy Program in the Australian Centre for Electromaterials Science. He is one of the pioneers in the field of ionic liquids and his group along with collaborators in Australia and worldwide has published more than 650 papers and 30 patents. Professor MacFarlane is a B.Sc. (Hons) graduate of Victoria University of Wellington and received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University. He was appointed Professor of Chemistry at Monash University in 1995. He was elected to the Australian Academy of Science in 2007 and in 2018 was awarded the Academy’s Craig Medal for achievements in chemistry He was elected to the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in 2009. He is an International Fellow of the Queen’s University Belfast, a Visiting Professor of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the Huangshan Distinguished Visiting Professor at HuFei University of Technology.

Australian Journal of Chemistry 71(10) 781-788 https://doi.org/10.1071/CH18328
Submitted: 9 July 2018 Accepted: 9 August 2018 Published: 7 September 2018

Abstract

This review introduces the concept of direct H₂O₂ fuel cells and discusses the merits of these systems in comparison with other ‘clean-energy’ fuels. Through electrochemical methods, H₂O₂ fuel can be generated from environmentally benign energy sources such as wind and solar. It also produces only water and oxygen when it is utilised in a direct H₂O₂ fuel cell, making it a fully reversible system. The electrochemical methods for H₂O₂ production are discussed here as well as the recent research aimed at increasing the efficiency and power of direct H₂O₂ fuel cells.

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