由於石油逐漸短缺使得替代能源受到矚目，而燃料電池的低汙染特色使得它成為一項熱門的研究，其中直接甲醇燃料電池藉著低溫操作與直接使用甲醇為燃料等特色使它較受到重視。目前燃料電池遭遇到的眾多問題中有其中一個是陰極反應產生的水會積存在反應區，使得空氣難以進入反應，造成燃料電池效率的降低。本論文中，成功地利用負光阻SU-8 2035經由黃光微影製程製作了一個具有排水流道與空氣進入孔交錯的結構，然後再利用表面處理使得水從流道移除而不阻塞空氣進入孔，並且移除的方式是利用毛細力驅動流體而不耗費能量，在排水流道的測試結果中，移除水的能力可達3.42μls-1cm-2。此外當產水量較大，超過流到所能移除的量時，在有吸水材料的輔助之下，最終依然能將水從流道中移除。也觀測了蒸氣在流道上凝結的情形，發現當足夠的蒸氣凝結液體佈滿了流道時，會聚集起來並且朝著流道的方向移動帶走。

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