Research Article
Experimental Investigation of a Direct Methanol Fuel Cell with Hilbert Fractal Current Collectors
Table 1
Geometric information on current collectors.
| Factors | Geometry |
SRCC | HFCC1 | HFCC2 | HFCC3 |
| Total length of the Hilbert curve path (mm) | None | 131.25 | 275.62 | 557.81 | Width of the Hilbert curve path (mm) | None | 2.20 | 2.20 | 1.10 | Total perimeter opening length (mm) | 614.12 | 266.90 | 555.65 | 1117.82 | Total free open area (mm2) | 612.50 | 288.75 | 606.37 | 613.59 | Total active MEA area (mm) | 1225 | 1225 | 1225 | 1225 | Free open ratio (%) | 50.00% | 23.50% | 49.40% | 50.00% |
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