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There is an increasing interest in the development of room temperature
fuel cells for consumer electronic applications. Ethyl formate is an
ideal fuel-more reactive than methanol and relatively harmless. An att
empt to construct an ethyl formate room temperature fuel cell is descr
ibed. Though the half cell performance of both the Pt/WO3 anode and th
e Pt/C cathode give encouraging results, the poisoning of the cathode
by ethyl formate led to a very low full cell performance. It is conclu
ded that unless efficient permselective membranes are developed, room
temperature dissolved fuel fuel cells are not practical. (C) 1998 Else
vier Science S.A. All rights reserved.