Effects of the difference in electrical resistance under the land and channel in a PEM fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 1664-1670

  Higier, Andrew ^a   Liu, Hongtan ^a  

^a University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Current distribution; GDE; GDL resistance; PEM fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DISTRIBUTION; DIRECT VOLTAGES; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRON PATH; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODES; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GDE; GDL RESISTANCE; IN-PLANE; IN-PLANE RESISTANCE; LATERAL RESISTANCE; LOCAL CURRENT DENSITY; NARROW CHANNEL; OPERATING CELLS; OVERPOTENTIAL; PEM FUEL CELL; TEST FIXTURE; TOTAL RESISTANCE;

DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRIC CURRENT DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FIXTURES (TOOLING); PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CURRENT DENSITY;

EID: 79551503108     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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