Experimental fuel cell performance analysis under different operating conditions and bipolar plate designs

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 11437-11447

  Iranzo, Alfredo ^a   Muñoz, Miguel ^b   López, Eduardo ^b   Pino, Javier ^a   Rosa, Felipe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TÉCNICA AEROESPACIAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bipolar plate design; Contact resistance; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Fuel cell performance; Tafel plot

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR PLATES; BUTLER-VOLMER; CHARGE TRANSFER COEFFICIENT; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COMPUTATIONAL FUEL CELL DYNAMICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; FLOW-FIELD DESIGN; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; GAINING INSIGHTS; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OHMIC RESISTANCE; OPERATING CONDITION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; POLARIZATION CURVES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; PROTONIC RESISTANCES; REACTANT GAS; TAFEL PLOTS;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONTACT RESISTANCE; DESIGN; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; METAL ANALYSIS; OHMIC CONTACTS; OXYGEN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77957327718     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.05.056     Document Type: Article

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