Chemical degradation of five elastomeric seal materials in a simulated and an accelerated PEM fuel cell environment

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 196, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1955-1966

  Lin, Chih Wei ^a,b   Chien, Chi Hui ^a   Tan, Jinzhu ^c   Chao, Yuh J ^b   Van Zee, J W ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

ATR FTIR; Degradation; Elastomeric gaskets; Leachants; PEM fuel cell; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ATR FTIR; ELASTOMERIC GASKETS; LEACHANTS; PEM FUEL CELL; WEIGHT LOSS;

DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; MACHINERY; MAGNESIUM; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROPYLENE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); RESINS; RUBBER; SILICONES; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

GASKETS;

EID: 78649501366     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2010.10.012     Document Type: Article

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