DURAMET

Improved Durability and Cost-effective Components for New Generation Solid Polymer Electrolyte Direct Methanol Fuel Cells

Coordinatore	CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE    more  Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 city: ROMA postcode: 185 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Agatino Cognome: Nicita Email: send email Telefono: 39090624237 Fax: 39090624247
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Italy [IT]
Totale costo	2˙956˙874 €
EC contributo	1˙496˙617 €
Programma	FP7-JTI Specific Programme "Cooperation": Joint Technology Initiatives
Code Call	FCH-JU-2010-1
Funding Scheme	JTI-CP-FCH
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-12-01   -   2014-11-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE  Organization address address: Piazzale Aldo Moro 7 city: ROMA postcode: 185 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Agatino Cognome: Nicita Email: send email Telefono: 39090624237 Fax: 39090624247	IT (ROMA)	coordinator	258˙291.00
2	IRD FUEL CELLS A/S (INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT A/S)  Organization address address: KULLINGGADE 31 city: SVENDBORG postcode: 5700 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Jacob Lindner Cognome: Bonde Email: send email Telefono: 4563633052 Fax: 4563633001	DK (SVENDBORG)	participant	247˙694.00
3	CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE  Organization address address: Rue Michel -Ange 3 city: PARIS postcode: 75794 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Jocelyn Cognome: Mere Email: send email Telefono: +33 4 67613535 Fax: +33 4 67043236	FR (PARIS)	participant	205˙541.00
4	TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET MUENCHEN  Organization address address: Arcisstrasse 21 city: MUENCHEN postcode: 80333 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Ulrike Cognome: Ronchetti Email: send email Telefono: +49 89 289 22616 Fax: +49 89 289 22620	DE (MUENCHEN)	participant	193˙606.00
5	FUMA-TECH GESELLSCHAFT FUER FUNKTIONELLE MEMBRANEN UND ANLAGENTECHNOLOGIE MBH  Organization address address: AM GRUBENSTOLLEN 11 city: ST INGBERT postcode: 66386 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Bernd Cognome: Bauer Email: send email Telefono: 497043000000 Fax: 4970430000000	DE (ST INGBERT)	participant	190˙503.00
6	POLITECNICO DI TORINO  Organization address address: Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24 city: TORINO postcode: 10129 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Claudia Giuliana Cognome: Roveglia Email: send email Telefono: 390111000000 Fax: 390111000000	IT (TORINO)	participant	185˙022.00
7	CENTRO RICERCHE FIAT SCPA  Organization address address: Strada Torino 50 city: ORBASSANO postcode: 10043 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Massimo Cognome: Casali Email: send email Telefono: 390119000000 Fax: 390119000000	IT (ORBASSANO)	participant	151˙972.00
8	PRETEXO  Organization address address: RUE DU MAIL 227 city: SAINT CLEMENT DE RIVIERE postcode: 34980 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Nathalie Cognome: Cros Email: send email Telefono: +33 6 68648148 Fax: +33 4 67143304	FR (SAINT CLEMENT DE RIVIERE)	participant	63˙988.00
9	JRC -JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE- EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Organization address address: Rue de la Loi 200 city: BRUSSELS postcode: 1049 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Josephina Cognome: Pijls Email: send email Telefono: 31224565332 Fax: 31224565625	BE (BRUSSELS)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The main objective of the DURAMET project is to develop cost-effective components for direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) with enhanced activity and stability in order to reduce stack costs and improve performance and durability. The project concerns with the development of DMFCs for application in auxiliary power units (APU) as well as for portable systems. The target temperature for DMFCs in APU applications is 120-130 °C. To overcome the methanol cross-over and dehydration problems of perfluorosulphonic membranes, such as Nafion, or the slow start-up and electrolyte leaching in hot methanol solution of phosphoric acid-doped polybenzoimidazole membranes, the efforts for APU applications will be focused on new polyphosphonic acid functionalised polymers. Cost-effective sulphonated polysulfone hydrocarbon membranes with better resistance than Nafion to methanol cross-over as well as to the drag of Ru ions will be developed for portable applications. For both applications improved durability electro-catalysts will be developed with the aim to reduce costs, degradation and noble metals content. The work will address the development of cost-effective Pd catalysts or noble metal-free materials, the latter especially for high temperature applications. These systems will be dispersed on Ti-suboxides supports in order to stabilize the metallic phase through a strong metal-support interaction (SMSI). This will reduce electrochemical corrosion phenomena which in most cases are promoted by the degradation of carbonaceous supports. To validate the new membranes and electro-catalysts materials, specific development of membrane-electrode assembly will be carried out with tailored hydrophobic-hydrophilic electrode characteristics. The new developed components will be thus validated in short stacks to assess their performance and durability under practical operation. Specific attention will be devoted to the exploitation, dissemination and the training of young researchers.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

Direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) produce electricity directly from a reaction between methanol and air in an electrochemical cell, eliminating difficulties associated with the use of hydrogen gas. EU-funded scientists are enhancing performance and reducing cost to increase early market applications.