PEMFC temperature distribution caused by inhomogeneous compression of GDL

Electrochemistry Communications

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1047-1052

  Hottinen, Tero ^a   Himanen, Olli ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contact resistance; Gas diffusion layer; Inhomogeneous compression; Modeling; PEMFC; Temperature distribution

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; INHOMOGENEOUS COMPRESSION; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 34247186437     PISSN: 13882481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2006.12.018     Document Type: Article

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