The design of the first carbon nanotube based thermopower wave fuel cells to generate clean energy and their nanotechnological applications

Fuel cells differ from batteries in that they consume reactant, which must be replenished, while batteries store electrical energy chemically in a closed system. Additionally, while the electrodes within a battery react and change as a battery is charged or discharged, a fuel cell's electrodes are catalytic and relatively stable. The problem is just to need a catalyst, that is consist of expensive noble metals, for the activation of fuel cells. However, if the amount of expensive noble metals used for fuel cells have been decreased then it can be easily operated in daily life with long-term stability. For this purpose, addressed herein, multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) which is chemically resistant and electrically conductive have been used for monodisperse Pt(0)@MWCNT as a support materials. The fuel cell system consisting of high thermal and electrical conductivity like carbon nanotubes (CNT) converts chemical energy to electrical energy by the help of prepared material. These systems bring together high conductivity of CNT with the exothermic chemical reactions of the fuel and there is a tendency thermal desorption. For this reaction, exothermic thermal transfer is moving forward rapidly during a thermal wave between the fuel and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT). These waves are at very high speeds (around 4 m/s) and are considered as an electrical potential that reveals nanotube electrical power during the pulse which can be reached up to 0.25 mW. The prepared catalyst used for the thermal wave has been synthesized by easy and reproducible double solvent reduction method at room temperature. Monodisperse Pt(0)@MWCNT formation have been confirmed by X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), X-Ray Photoelectron Microscopy (XPS), Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Raman Spectroscopy (RS), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Keywords: Thermopower Wave Fuel Cell (TGYP), Nanocatalyst, Platinum Nanoparticles