Preparation of water management layer and effects of its composition on performance of PEMFCs

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1500-1505

  Jian hua, Tian ^a   Zhao yuan, Shi ^a   Jin song, Shi ^a   Zhong qiang, Shan ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pore former; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC); Water management layer (WML)

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTRODES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); THERMAL EFFECTS;

PORE FORMER; WATER MANAGEMENT LAYER (WML);

WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 42749091416     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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