The effects of relative humidity on the performances of PEMFC MEAs with various Nafion® ionomer contents

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 13104-13110

  Kim, Kun Ho ^a,b   Lee, Kwan Young ^b   Lee, Sang Yeop ^a   Cho, Eunae ^a   Lim, Tae Hoon ^a   Kim, Hyoung Juhn ^a   Yoon, Sung Pil ^a   Kim, Sae Hoon ^c   Lim, Tae Won ^c   Jang, Jong Hyun ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c Hyundai Motor Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CCM (catalyst coated membrane) spraying method; MEA (membrane electrode assembly); Nafion ionomer; PEMFC (polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell); Relative humidity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION OVERPOTENTIAL; ACTIVE SITE; CATALYST COATED MEMBRANES; CCM (CATALYST-COATED MEMBRANE) SPRAYING METHOD; CELL PERFORMANCE; CELL VOLTAGES; CONCENTRATION OVERPOTENTIAL; DOMINANT FACTOR; GAS TRANSPORT; MASS TRANSPORT; MAXIMUM VALUES; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; PEMFC (POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL); RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; UNIT CELLS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CATALYSTS; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYELECTROLYTES;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 78049453756     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.04.082     Document Type: Conference Paper

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