Correlating nitrogen accumulation with temporal fuel cell performance

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0210131-02101311

  Müller, Eric A ^a   Kolb, Florian ^a   Guzzella, Lino ^a   Stefanopoulou, Anna G ^b   McKay, Denise A ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODE CHANNELS; CALIBRATED MODEL; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; GAS COMPOSITIONS; HYDROGEN UTILIZATION; MEMBRANE HYDRATION; NITROGEN ACCUMULATION; NITROGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SPATIAL ESTIMATION; WATER ACCUMULATION;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 77955438594     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3177447     Document Type: Article

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