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A Paper-Based Microfluidic Fuel Cell Using Soft Drinks as a Renewable Energy Source

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  • Jaime Hernández Rivera

    (Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, Chihuahua 31136, Mexico
    Renewable Energy Department, Universidad Tecnológica de San Juan del Río, Querétaro 76800, Mexico)

  • David Ortega Díaz

    (Instituto Tecnológico de San Juan del Río, Querétaro 76800, Mexico)

  • Diana María Amaya Cruz

    (Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Campus Amealco, Querétaro 76010, Mexico)

  • Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz

    (Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro 76010, Mexico)

  • Juan Manuel Olivares Ramírez

    (Renewable Energy Department, Universidad Tecnológica de San Juan del Río, Querétaro 76800, Mexico)

  • Andrés Dector

    (Renewable Energy Department, CONACYT–Universidad Tecnológica de San Juan del Río, Querétaro 76800, Mexico)

  • Diana Dector

    (Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, Chihuahua 31136, Mexico)

  • Rosario Galindo

    (CONACYT–División de Ciencias Naturales y Exactas, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato 36050, Mexico)

  • Hilda Esperanza Esparza Ponce

    (Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados, Chihuahua 31136, Mexico)

Abstract

The research aims were to construct an air-breathing paper-based microfluidic fuel cell (paper-based μ FC) and to evaluated it with different soft drinks to provide energy for their prospective use in portable devices as an emergency power source. First, in a half-cell configuration, cyclic voltammetry showed that glucose, maltose, and fructose had specific oxidation zones in the presence of platinum-ruthenium on carbon (PtRu/C) when they were individual. Still, when they were mixed, glucose was observed to be oxidized to a greater extent than fructose and maltose. After, when a paper-based μ FC was constructed, PtRu/C and platinum on carbon (Pt/C) were used as anode and cathode, the performance of this μ FC was mostly influenced by the concentration of glucose present in each soft drink, obtaining maximum power densities at room temperature of 0.061, 0.063, 0.060, and 0.073 mW cm − 2 for Coca Cola ® , Pepsi ® , Dr. Pepper ® , and 7up ® , respectively. Interestingly, when the soft drinks were cooled, the performance was increased up to 85%. Furthermore, a four-cell stack μ FC was constructed to demonstrate its usefulness as a possible power supply, obtaining a power density of 0.4 mW cm − 2 , using Coca Cola ® as fuel and air as oxidant. Together, the results of the present study indicate an alternative application of an μ FC using soft drinks as a backup source of energy in emergencies.

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  • Jaime Hernández Rivera & David Ortega Díaz & Diana María Amaya Cruz & Juvenal Rodríguez-Reséndiz & Juan Manuel Olivares Ramírez & Andrés Dector & Diana Dector & Rosario Galindo & Hilda Esperanza Espar, 2020. "A Paper-Based Microfluidic Fuel Cell Using Soft Drinks as a Renewable Energy Source," Energies, MDPI, vol. 13(10), pages 1-13, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:13:y:2020:i:10:p:2443-:d:357351
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