Answer to Question #68004 in Physical Chemistry for laya

Question

In a fuel cell methanol is used as fuel and oxygen gas is used as an oxidizer. The reaction is

CH3OH(l) + O2(g) → CO2(g) + 2H2O(l)

At 298 K standard Gibb's energies of formation for CH3OH(l), H2O(l) and CO2(g) are –166.2, –237.2 and –394.4 kJ mol–1 respectively. If standard enthalpy of combustion of methanol is –726 kJ mol–1, efficiency of the fuel cell will be