Effect of chloride impurities on the performance and durability of polybenzimidazole-based high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1628-1636

  Ali, Syed Talat ^a   Li, Qingfeng ^a   Pan, Chao ^a   Jensen, Jens Oluf ^a   Nielsen, Lars Pleth ^b   Møller, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acid doped polybenzimidazole; Catalyst; Chloride impurities; Durability; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED AGING; AIR IMPURITIES; CATHODE CATALYST LAYERS; CHLORIDE CONTAMINATION; CHLORIDE IMPURITIES; CHLORIDE IONS; CONSTANT VOLTAGE; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; HCL SOLUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; OXIDATION AND REDUCTION; PERFORMANCE LOSS; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; POTENTIAL CYCLING; PURE WATER; REDOX BEHAVIOR; REDUCTION CURRENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CATALYSTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CURRENT DENSITY; DURABILITY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IMPURITIES; IONS; MEMBRANES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; OXIDATION; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PLATINUM; PROTONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 79551490710     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.10.076     Document Type: Article

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