Through-plane permeability for untreated and PTFE-treated gas diffusion layers in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 0510161-0510167

  Ismail, M S ^a   Damjanovic, T ^b   Hughes, K ^a   Ingham, D B ^a   Ma, L ^a   Pourkashanian, M ^a   Rosli, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SGL Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR COMPRESSIBILITY; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; NON-DARCY EFFECTS; OPTIMUM VALUE; PLANE PERMEABILITY; THROUGH-PLANE PERMEABILITY; WET-PROOFING AGENT;

DIFFUSION IN GASES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS;

GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES;

EID: 77956378055     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000685     Document Type: Article

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