Proton conduction in PEM fuel cell cathodes: Effects of electrode thickness and ionomer equivalent weight

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 157, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Liu, Yuxiu ^a,b   Ji, Chunxin ^b   Gu, Wenbin ^b   Baker, Daniel R ^b   Jorne, Jacob ^a   Gasteiger, Hubert A ^b,c  

^a University of Rochester   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODE FLOODING; ELECTRODE THICKNESS; EQUIVALENT WEIGHT; IONOMER LOADING; PEM FUEL CELL CATHODES; PROTON CONDUCTION; PT LOADING; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CATHODES; FUEL CELLS; LOADING; PLATINUM;

PROTONS;

EID: 77954734833     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3435323     Document Type: Article

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