Chemical and mechanical stability of a Silicone gasket material exposed to PEM fuel cell environment

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1846-1852

  Tan, Jinzhu ^a   Chao, Y J ^b   Yang, Min ^c   Lee, Woo Kum ^d   Van Zee, J W ^b  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^c SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Jeonbuk Regional Innovation Agency   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical stability; Mechanical stability; PEM fuel cell; Silicone material

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; ATR FTIR; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; GASKET MATERIALS; MECHANICAL DEGRADATION; MICRO INDENTATION; MICRO-INDENTATION TESTS; PEM FUEL CELL; REACTANT GAS; SAMPLE SURFACE; SILICONE MATERIAL; SILICONE MATERIALS; SIMULATED SOLUTION; SURFACE CHEMICALS; TOPOGRAPHICAL CHANGES; TWO-TEMPERATURE;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; DEGRADATION; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GASKETS; LEACHING; MACHINERY; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL STABILITY; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SILICONES; SPECTROMETERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

SURFACES;

EID: 79551488826     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.12.048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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