In this paper all kinds of fuel cell , the current research situation and working principle of proton exchange membrane fuel cell ( pemfc ) are outlined . mathematical models in relation to electrochemistry reaction and transfer process in direct methanol fuel cell ( dmfc ) are compared and analyzed . latest progress of membrane materials and instrument analysis technique in dmfc has also been described 介紹了燃料電池的分類以及質(zhì)子交換膜燃料電池( pemfc )的工作原理和研究現(xiàn)狀,并對直接甲醇燃料電池( dmfc )中有關(guān)電化學(xué)反應(yīng)及傳遞過程的數(shù)學(xué)模型進行了比較和分析,描述了適用于dmfc的膜材料以及儀器分析技術(shù)的最新進展,認為直接甲醇燃料電池是目前較理想的燃料電池,有著廣闊的發(fā)展前景。