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To achieve a self-adaptive fuel supply mechanism for the micro direct methanol fuel cell (μDMFC), we designed and developed a thermal control microvalve channel structure, where we considered the relationship between the temperature characteristics, viscosity, and velocity of the methanol solution. Both the single channel model and three-dimensional cell model for the microvalve were established using the COMSOL Multiphysics program. The results demonstrated that in the microvalve channel, the viscosity of the solution decreased, and the flow rate at the microvalve outlet increased with the increasing temperature. Meanwhile, the geometry structure of the microvalve single channel was optimized, so that the effect of the control speed of the microvalve under temperature changes became more prominent. In the full-cell model analysis, a low-velocity methanol solution at the low current density can significantly inhibit methanol crossover. At the high current densities, an increase in the methanol solution flow rate was beneficial to an increase in the cell reaction output. The μDMFC was fabricated and the experiment was conducted, where the results showed that the power density of the self-adaptive cell reached a maximum value of 16.56 mW/cm 2 in 2 M methanol solution, which was up to 7% better than conventional cell performance. The proposed microvalve structure can effectively improve the output power of the μDMFC during the whole reaction process, and it may improve the stability of the cell operation.

The Self-Adaptive Fuel Supply Mechanism in Micro DMFC Based on the Microvalve