Effects of hardware design and operation conditions on PEM fuel cell water flooding

International Journal of Green Energy

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 461-474

  Zhang, Jianlu ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Shi, Zheng ^a   Zhang, Jiujun ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AC impedance spectroscopy (EIS); Flow field; Mass transfer; Operating conditions; Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells; Teflon (PTFE) loading; Water flooding

Indexed keywords

AC IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPERATING CONDITION; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE (PEM) FUEL CELLS; TEFLON (PTFE) LOADING; WATER FLOODING;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHANNEL FLOW; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FLOW FIELDS; LOADING; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES; PROTONS; SERPENTINE; SILICATE MINERALS; STOICHIOMETRY;

FUEL CELLS;

AIRFLOW; DESIGN; DIFFUSION; ELECTRODE; FLOW FIELD; FUEL CELL; GAS FLOW; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77958043392     PISSN: 15435075     EISSN: 15435083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15435075.2010.515185     Document Type: Article

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