A review of water flooding issues in the proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 103-117

  Li, Hui ^a   Tang, Yanghua ^a   Wang, Zhenwei ^a   Shi, Zheng ^a   Wu, Shaohong ^a   Song, Datong ^a   Zhang, Jianlu ^a   Fatih, Khalid ^a   Zhang, Jiujun ^a   Wang, Haijiang ^a   Liu, Zhongsheng ^a   Abouatallah, Rami ^b   Mazza, Antonio ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b Hydrogenics Corporation   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar flow field plate; Cathode catalyst layer (CCL); Gas diffusion layer (GDL); Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell; Water flooding; Water management

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC LOSSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIPOLAR FLOW FIELD PLATES; CATHODE CATALYST LAYER (CCL); GAS DIFFUSION LAYER (GDL); WATER FLOODING;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 39149130682     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.12.068     Document Type: Review

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