Three-dimensional effects of liquid water flooding in the cathode of a PEM fuel cell

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-80

  Natarajan, Dilip ^a   Van Nguyen, Trung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathode; Conventional gas distributor; Electrode; Fuel cell; Interdigitated gas distributor; Mathematical model; Pseudo three dimensional

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CURRENT DENSITY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; EVAPORATION; PROTONS; STOICHIOMETRY;

OXYGEN CONCENTRATION;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 0037468642     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7753(02)00624-9     Document Type: Article

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