Visualization measurement of water freezing in the cathode of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell during cold startup

Kagaku Kogaku Ronbunshu

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-63

  Nishida, Kosuke ^a   Ito, Hirokazu ^a   Tsushima, Shohji ^b   Hirai, Shuichiro ^b  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cathode electrode; Cold startup; Polymer electrolyte fuel cell; Visualization measurement; Water freezing

Indexed keywords

CATHODE ELECTRODES; CATHODE GAS COMPOSITION; CELL PERFORMANCE; CELL VOLTAGES; COLD STARTUP; FREEZING POINT; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; HIGH POWER DENSITY; ICE FORMATIONS; LIQUID WATER; MATERIAL PROPERTY; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATION TIME; OPTICAL DIAGNOSTICS; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; POROUS CATHODES; WATER FREEZING;

DIFFUSION IN GASES; FUEL CELLS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OXYGEN; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; VISUALIZATION;

FREEZING;

EID: 78751684688     PISSN: 0386216X     EISSN: 13499203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1252/kakoronbunshu.37.57     Document Type: Article

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