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Direct liquid fuel cells are considered an ideal electrochemical energy device to supplement Li-batteries in some special applications, due to the higher energy density of liquid fuel, quiet operation, and independent of charging plugs. We are interested in develop direct carbohydrazide fuel cells with high power density and high energy and fuel efficiency. Now we are investigating electrochemical reaction mechanisms of carbohydrazide, hydrazine and ammonia over different types of catalysts in various conditions, and exploring efficient anode catalyst materials, with the ultimate goal of developing novel carbohydrazide fuel cell technologies.
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Sponsor: Iowa Reagents Innovation Fund (RIF)


Wenzhen Li Research Group
Electrochemistry / Catalysis / Energy
/ Environment / Agriculture / Sustainability
BRL Lab (2nd Floor)

1A

2A

2C

3A

Equipment Room

1B

2B

2D

Hallway

Hallway

Rest Area

Interaction Area
Sweeney Lab (2156)


Equipment and Facilities (Li group)

Glove Box

Water Purification System

Scriber Fuel Cell Tester

Splitting Furnace & Vacuum Oven

Agilent HPLC (1260)

Biologic Electrochemical Workstation

Wet-chemistry Synthesis System

Pine Rotating Disk Electrode (RDE)


Electrochemical tests with online GC
Hot Press

Muffle Furnace

Centrifuge


Balances
Synthesis Retorts & Fuel Cell Test Hardware

DC Power & Electronic Load

Ultrasonic Baths


Mechanical Agitator

Thin Film Maker

Lab Refrigerator

Ionic Chromatograph (IC)

Lab Oven
Lab Oven

New Electrochemical Workstation

Flow Battery Test System

Membrane-free Alkaline Electrolyzer for Ammonia Synthesis

Four Point Probe Resistivity Measurement
Scaled Membrane-free Alkaline Electrolyzer for Ammonia Synthesis


Electrolysis Flow Cell for Furanics Reduction

Electrolysis H-type Cell with Online Gas Analysis


Electrolysis Flow Cell for Seawater Splitting and Mediated Alkene Partial Oxidation


Zero-Gap, MEA-based Flow Cell (no anode, cathode spacers)

NO-NO2-NOx and N2O analyzers


GHG N2O test (standard N2O gas, 1000ppm)

New Agilent GC (8890, customized) with TCD and FID detectors

Contact angle goniometer

Upgraded Biologic Electrochemical Workstation
(three channels with current boosters and AC impedances)
Equipment and Facilities (shared at BRL)


UV-Vis Spectrometer
Solar Simulator


GC-MS
Zeta Potential Analyzer

FTIR

TGA

Chemisorption (Micromeritics, Autochem II)
Compact titrator


Physiosorption (Micromeritics (ASAP 2020)
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