In situ quantification of the in-plane water content in the Nafion ® membrane of an operating polymer-electrolyte membrane fuel cell using 1H micro-magnetic resonance imaging experiments

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 195, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 7316-7322

  Wang, Mingtao ^a   Feindel, Kirk W ^a   Bergens, Steven H ^a   Wasylishen, Roderick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

1H micro MRI; Calibration curve; Nafion membrane; PEMFC; Water content

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION CURVE; CALIBRATION CURVES; CATALYST LAYERS; DENSITY-WEIGHTED; EX SITU; IN-PLANE; IN-SITU; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; MICRO-MRI; MRI IMAGE; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; PROTON DENSITY; SIGNAL INTENSITIES; STEADY STATE; TEMPORAL INFORMATION; WATER DYNAMICS; WATER MOLECULE;

BIOINFORMATICS; CALIBRATION; CATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MEMBRANES; OXYGEN; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; TISSUE; WATER CONTENT;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 77954791430     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.05.029     Document Type: Article

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