Ionomer content in the catalyst layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC): Effects on diffusion and performance

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2221-2229

  Suzuki, Ai ^a   Sen, Unal ^a,b   Hattori, Tatsuya ^a   Miura, Ryuji ^a   Nagumo, Ryo ^a   Tsuboi, Hideyuki ^a   Hatakeyama, Nozomu ^a   Endou, Akira ^a   Takaba, Hiromitsu ^a   Williams, Mark C ^a   Miyamoto, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIGDE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Catalyst layer model; Effective Knudsen diffusion; Ionomer content; Percolation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SURFACE AREA; CATALYST LAYERS; CATHODE CATALYST LAYERS; EFFECTIVE KNUDSEN DIFFUSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL SIMULATION; KNUDSEN DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; MESOSCALE; PERCOLATION; PERCOLATION STUDIES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; PORE TORTUOSITY; PT CATALYSTS;

CATALYSTS; DIFFUSION; MEMBRANES; PLATINUM; POLYELECTROLYTES; SOLVENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 79551615349     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.11.076     Document Type: Article

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