Microct x-ray imaging of water movement in a PEM fuel cell

ECS Transactions

Volumn 16, Issue 2 PART 1, 2009, Pages 995-1000

  Zhu, Wei ^a   Dunbar, Zachary W ^a   Richardmasel, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL FLOW; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DROPS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY;

DIFFUSION LAYERS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; HYDROPHILIC CHANNELS; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC; NON-UNIFORMITIES; SPHERICAL SHAPE; THIN WATER LAYERS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 63149104697     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.2981939     Document Type: Conference Paper

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