Feasibility study of porous copper fiber sintered felt: A novel porous flow field in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 9661-9677

  Tang, Yong ^a   Yuan, Wei ^a,b   Pan, Minqiang ^a   Wan, Zhenping ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Corrosion resistance; Porous copper fiber sintered felt; Porous flow field; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CATHODE AIR FLOW; CELL TEST; COMPOSITE BIPOLAR PLATE; COPPER FIBERS; CORROSION BEHAVIOR; CUTTING DEPTH; CUTTING SPEED; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; EQUIVALENT DIAMETER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEED-RATES; GRAPHITE PLATES; MORPHOLOGICAL DEFECTS; OPERATING PARAMETERS; OPERATING PRESSURE; PEM FUEL CELL; POROUS COPPER FIBER SINTERED FELT; POROUS FLOW; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; RESISTANCE TESTS; SINTERING TEMPERATURES; THREE DIMENSIONAL NETWORK STRUCTURE; WETTABILITY TESTS;

CONTACT ANGLE; COPPER; CORROSION RESISTANCE; FELT; FELTS; FIBERS; FLOW FIELDS; MEMBRANES; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); PROTONS; SINTERING;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CONTACT ANGLE; COPPER; CORROSION RESISTANCE; FELTS; FIBERS; FUEL CELLS; MEMBRANES; PROTONS; SINTERING;

EID: 77956170415     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.06.101     Document Type: Article

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