Active layer of the oxygen cathode in a fuel cell with Nafion and platinum: The role played by the diffusion and ohmic restrictions and the selection of the working thickness of the active layer

Russian Journal of Electrochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 787-794

  Chirkov, Yu G ^a   Rostokin, V I ^b  

^a FRUMKIN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY AND ELECTROCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH NUCLEAR UNIVERSITY MEPHI   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Characteristic bulk current density; Computer aided simulation; Effective diffusion coefficient; Effective ionic conductance; Fuel cells with Nafion and platinum; Optimum and working thickness of an active layer

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT DENSITY; DIFFUSION; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; IONIC CONDUCTION; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS;

CHARACTERISTIC BULK CURRENT DENSITY; COMPUTER-AIDED SIMULATION; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EFFECTIVE IONIC CONDUCTANCE; FUEL CELLS WITH NAFION AND PLATINUM; OPTIMUM AND WORKING THICKNESS OF AN ACTIVE LAYERS;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 34547645031     PISSN: 10231935     EISSN: 16083342     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1023193507070087     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Costamagna, P. and Srinivasan, S., J. Power Sources, 2001, vol. 102, P. 242, 253.
2. Haile, S.M., Acta Mater., 2003, vol. 51, p. 5981.
3. Bagotzky, V.S., Osetrova, N.V., and Skundin, A.M., Elektrokhimiya, 2003, vol. 39, p. 1027.
4. Weber, A.Z. and Newman, J., Chem. Rev., 2004, vol. 104, p. 4679.
5. Mehta, J.S., J. Power Sources, 2003, vol. 114, p. 32.
6. Chizmadzhev, Yu.A., Markin, V.S., Tarasevich, M.R., and Chirkov, Yu.G., Makrokinetika protsessov v poristykh sredakh (The Macrokinetics of Processes in Porous Media), Moscow: Nauka, 1971.
7. Chizmadzhev, Yu.A. and Chirkov, Yu.G., Kinetika slozhnykh elektrokhimicheskikh reaktsii, Kazarinov, V.E., Ed., Moscow: Nauka, 1981.
8. Chizmadzhev, Yu.A. and Chirkov, Yu.G., in Comprehensive Treatise of Electrochemistry, Yeager, E., Bockris, J.O'M., Conway, B.E., and Sarangapani, S., Eds., New York: Plenum, 1983, vol. 6, p. 356.
9. Chirkov, Yu.G. and Rostokin, V.I., Elektrokhimiya, 2005, vol. 41, p. 1109.
10. Chirkov, Yu.G. and Rostokin, V.I., Elektrokhimiya, 2004, vol. 40, p. 1036.
11. Chirkov, Yu.G. and Rostokin, V.I., Elektrokhimiya, 2006, vol. 42, p. 799.
12. Chirkov, Yu.G. and Rostokin, V.I., Elektrokhimiya, 2005, vol. 41, p. 35.
13. Mitsushima, S., Araki, N., Kamiya, N., and Ota, K., J. Electrochem. Soc., 2002, vol. 149, p. A1371.
14. Parthasarathy, A., Srinivasan, S., Appleby, A.J., and Martin, C.R., J. Electrochem. Soc., 1992, vol. 139, p. 2530.
15. Gode, P., Lindbergh, G., and Sundholm, G., J. Electroanal. Chem., 2002, vol. 518, p. 115.
16. Giner, J. and Hunter, C., J. Electrochem. Soc., 1969, vol. 116, p. 1124.
17. Gloaguen, F. and Durand, R., J. Appl. Electrochem., 1997, vol. 27, p. 1029.
18. Broka, K. and Ekdunge, P., J. Appl. Electrochem., 1997, vol. 27, p. 281.
19. Boyer, C., Gamburzev, S., and Appleby, A.J., J. Appl. Electrochem., 1999, vol. 29, p. 1095.
20. Rowe, A. and Li, X., J. Power Sources, 2001, vol. 102, p. 82.
21. Uchida, M., Aoyama, Y., Eda, N., and Ohta, A., J. Electrochem. Soc., 1995, vol. 142, pp. 463, 4143.
22. Mauritz, K.A. and Moore, R.B., Chem. Rev., 2004, vol. 104, p. 4535.
23. Gierke, T.D. and Hsu, W.Y., Perfluorinated Ionomer Membranes, ACS Symposium Serics no. 180, Eisenberg, A. and Yeager, H.L., Eds., Washington (DC): Amer. Chem. Soc., 1982, p. 283.
24. Boyer, C., Gamburzev, S., Velev, O., Srinivasan, S., and Appleby, A.J., Electrochim. Acta, 1998, vol. 43, p. 3703.
25. Springer, T.E., Zawodzinski, T.A., and Gottesfeld, S., J. Electrochem. Soc., 1991, vol. 138, p. 2334.
26. Springer, T.E., Wilson, M.S., and Gottesfeld, S., J. Electrochem. Soc., 1993, vol. 140, p. 3513.
27. Hsuen, H.-K., J. Power Sources, 2003, vol. 123, p. 26.
28. Du, C.Y., Shi, P.F., Cheng, X.Q., and Yin, G.P., Electrochem. Commun., 2004, vol. 6, p. 435.
29. Sepa, D.B., Vojnovic, V., and Damjanovic, A., Electrochim. Acta, 1981, vol. 26, p. 781.
30. Parthasarathy, A., Matrin, C.R., and Srinivasan, S., J. Electrochem. Soc., 1991, vol. 138, p. 916.
31. Antoine, O. and Durand, R., J. Appl. Electrochem., 2000, vol. 30, p. 839.
32. Antoine, O., Bultel, Y., and Durand, R., J. Electroanal. Chem., 2001, vol. 499, p. 85.