In a fuel cell, methanol is used as a fuel
and O_2 is used as oxidizer. The standard
enthalpy of combustion of methanol is
−726 kJ mol^(−1) . The standard free
energies of formation of CH_3 OH(l),
CO_2 (g) and H_2 O(l) are −166.3, −394.4
and −237.1 kJ mol^(−1) respectively. The
standard internal energy change of the
cell reaction will be
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