Magnetic resonance imaging of water content across the Nafion membrane in an operational PEM fuel cell

Journal of Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 193, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-266

  Zhang, Ziheng ^a   Martin, Jonathan ^b   Wu, Jinfeng ^b   Wang, Haijiang ^b   Promislow, Keith ^c   Balcom, Bruce J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel cell; Imaging; Magnetic resonance; MRI; Nafion; SE SPI; Water management; Water transport

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CHEMICALS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; FUELS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETISM; MEMBRANES; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); RESONANCE; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); WATER CONTENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; (P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS; CELL BEHAVIORS; CONTENT VARIATION; K-SPACE; MAGNETIC (CE); NAFION MEMBRANES; NUMERICAL MODELLING; PEM FUEL CELLS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL (PEMF) CELLS; SINGLE POINT IMAGING; SPIN-ECHO (SE);

CELL MEMBRANES;

FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID; WATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DIFFUSION; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POROSITY; POWER SUPPLY;

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POROSITY; WATER;

EID: 47549103480     PISSN: 10907807     EISSN: 10960856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmr.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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