Degradation of a polymer exchange membrane fuel cell stack with Nafion ® membranes of different thicknesses: Part I. in situ diagnosis

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 195, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 7594-7599

  Yuan, Xiao Zi ^a   Zhang, Shengsheng ^a   Wang, Haijiang ^a   Wu, Jinfeng ^a   Sun, Jian Colin ^a   Hiesgen, Renate ^b   Friedrich, K Andreas ^c   Schulze, Mathias ^c   Haug, Andrea ^c  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b ESSLINGEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degradation; Durability; Idle conditions; In situ; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Stack

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION PROCESS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; FUEL CROSSOVER; IDLE CONDITION; IN-SITU; INDIVIDUAL CELLS; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; NAFION MEMBRANE; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; PINHOLE FORMATION; POLYMER EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; POLYMER EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL STACKS;

CELLS; DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 77954839546     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.06.023     Document Type: Article

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