Flooding of gas diffusion backing in PEFCs: Physical and electrochemical characterization

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 151, Issue 8, 2004, Pages

  Ihonen, Jari ^a,c   Mikkola, Mikko ^b   Lindbergh, Göran ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c Cellkraft AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY (EIS); FLOODING; GAS DIFFUSION BACKING (GDB); MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY (MEA); POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS (PEFCS);

CATALYSIS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC CELLS; FUELS; MASS TRANSFER; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; POROSITY; SPECTROSCOPY;

DIFFUSION IN GASES;

EID: 4344683422     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.1763138     Document Type: Article

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