Multiphysics modeling of assembly pressure effects on proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 0410051-0410057

  Zhou, Y ^a   Lin, G ^a   Shih, A J ^a   Hu, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Assembly pressure; Electrical contact resistance; Fuel cells; Mass transfer resistance

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY PRESSURE; CELL PERFORMANCE; CELL RESISTANCE; CLAMPING PRESSURE; COMBINED EFFECT; CURRENT DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRICAL CONTACT RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GAS MASS; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; MICRO-SCALES; MODELING RESULTS; MULTI-PHYSICS MODELING; PEM FUEL CELL; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SEQUENTIAL APPROACH;

CONTACT RESISTANCE; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTRIC CONTACTS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; MASS TRANSFER; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS;

CELLS;

EID: 77955289510     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3081426     Document Type: Article

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