Technical Perspective:

• Provides simple, compact, high performance passive air breathing direct methanol fuel cell.
• Facilitates a facile clamping mechanism to prevent leakage & reduce the contact resistance between the cell components.

Liquid Fuel:

• Said liquid fuel consists of methanol, ethanol, isopropanol or formic acid.
• Further, the fuel cell or the multiple fuel cell assembly is configured to operate with any liquid fuel.

Fuel Cell Assembly:

• Said assembly consists of one or more gaskets configured to provide sealing between the electrode assembly and the wall of the reservoir.

Electrode Holder Assembly:

• First electrode holder & second electrode holders are configured to mechanically interlock with each other to form an integral unit.
• 1st  electrode holder is configured to allow liquid fuel access to the anode,v2nd  electrode holder is configured to allow air access to the cathode through openings therein, and
• End plate configured to receive a bearing surface of the hollow screw & to convey pressure to the electrode holder assembly against the wall of the reservoir when the screw is tightened.

Efficiency:

• The cell is operated at room temperature or higher than room temperature in efficiently.

Industrial Perspective:

• Cost-effective Plug & play solution.
• Applicable as portable power sources in portable consumer electronics  like smartphones, tablets & other handheld devices that may need power for a long-time.