A two-dimensional steady state model including the effect of liquid water for a PEM fuel cell cathode

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 375-393

  Rao, R Madhusudana ^a   Bhattacharyya, D ^a   Rengaswamy, R ^a   Choudhury, S R ^b  

^a Clarkson University   (United States)

^b NAVAL MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Macrohomogeneous characterization; PEM fuel cell; PEMFC; Spherical agglomerate characterization; Steady state model

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROPOROUS MATERIALS; REACTION KINETICS;

MACROHOMOGENEOUS CHARACTERIZATION; SPHERICAL AGGLOMERATE CHARACTERIZATION; STEADY STATE MODEL;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 34848843491     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.04.053     Document Type: Article

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