Identification of liquid water constraints in micro polymer electrolyte fuel cells without gas diffusion layers

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2932-2938

  Seyfang, Bernhard C ^a   Boillat, Pierre ^a   Simmen, Franziska ^a   Hartmann, Stefan ^a   Frei, Gabriel ^a   Lippert, Thomas ^a   Scherer, Günther G ^a   Wokaun, Alexander ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Glassy carbon; Limiting current density; Miniaturized polymer electrolyte fuel cell; Neutron radiography; Water accumulation

Indexed keywords

ANODE CATALYST LAYER; CATHODE CATALYST LAYERS; CONSTRUCTION PRINCIPLE; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; IDENTIFICATION OF LIQUIDS; LIMITING CURRENT DENSITY; LIMITING EFFECTS; LIQUID WATER; MICROPOLYMERS; MINIATURIZED POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL; OPERATION CONDITIONS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; WATER ACCUMULATION;

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GLASSY CARBON; LIQUIDS; NEUTRON EMISSION; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; POLYELECTROLYTES; RADIOLOGY;

DIFFUSION IN GASES;

EID: 76449116485     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2009.12.061     Document Type: Article

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