Improvements to non acid methanol fuel cells include new formulations for materials. The platinum and ruthenium are more exactly mixed together. Different materials are substituted for these materials. The backing material for the fuel cell electrode is specially treated to improve its characterist
Improvements to non acid methanol fuel cells include new formulations for materials. The platinum and ruthenium are more exactly mixed together. Different materials are substituted for these materials. The backing material for the fuel cell electrode is specially treated to improve its characteristics. A special sputtered electrode is formed which is extremely porous. The fuel cell system also comprises a fuel supplying part including a meter which meters an amount of fuel which is used by the fuel cell, and controls the supply of fuel based on said metering.
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What is claimed is: 1. A direct fed methanol system, comprising: a fuel cell stack, including an anode, a cathode, and a proton conducting solid polymer electrolyte membrane coupled between said anode and cathode; and a fuel supplying part, which supplies methanol containing fuel which is substanti
What is claimed is: 1. A direct fed methanol system, comprising: a fuel cell stack, including an anode, a cathode, and a proton conducting solid polymer electrolyte membrane coupled between said anode and cathode; and a fuel supplying part, which supplies methanol containing fuel which is substantially free of free acid electrolyte to said anode of said fuel cell stack including a meter which meters an amount of fuel which is used by the fuel cell, and controls supply of fuel based on said metering. 2. A system as in claim 1, further comprising a temperature correction device for the fuel supplying part which controls a supplying based on at least partly a temperature correction. 3. A direct fed methanol system, comprising: a fuel cell stack, including an anode, a cathode, and a proton conducting solid polymer electrolyte membrane coupled between said anode and cathode; and a fuel supplying part, which supplies methanol containing fuel which is substantially free of free acid electrolyte to said anode of said fuel cell stack, said fuel supplying part including a controlling part which controls an amount of fuel which is supplied and which includes a sensor which senses an amount of use of methanol fuel, and which controls supplying additional methanol fuel based on the sensing. 4. A system as in claim 3, wherein the sensor Includes an electronic sensor. 5. A system as in claim 4, further comprising a temperature sensor, which corrects an output of the electronic sensor. 6. A system as in claim 4, wherein said electronic sensor produces an electrical output, which is indicative of a methanol concentration. 7. A system as in claim 6, further comprising a temperature sensor, which produces information for correcting an output of the electronic sensor. 8. A system as in claim 7, wherein said temperature sensor includes a thermocouple. 9. A system as in claim 6, further comprising a controller which determines methanol concentration based on said electrical output. 10. A system as in claim 9, further comprising a temperature sensor, which produces temperature correction output for the electrical outlet, and wherein said controller uses said temperature correction information to determine methanol concentration for a specific temperature. 11. A system as in claim 10, wherein said controller controls a methanol concentration based on the determined methanol concentration. 12. A system as in claim 1, wherein said controlling part is an electrical controlling part, and power for the controlling part is provided from said fuel cells stack. 13. A system as in claim 4, wherein power to operate said electronic sensor is provided from said fuel cell stack. 14. A method, comprising: Supplying methanol fuel to a fuel cell stack of the direct fed methanol type; carrying out an electrochemical reaction using said methanol fuel; and metering an amount of fuel which is supplied to the fuel cell, wherein said metering comprises electrically metering the fuel, and wherein said electrochemical reaction comprises producing power using the electrochemical reaction and using said power to operate said electrically metering.
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