Development and impact of sandwich wettability structure for gas distribution media on PEM fuel cell performance

Applied Energy

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2168-2175

  Wang, Yongxin ^a   Al Shakhshir, S ^a   Li, Xianguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gas distribution media; Hydrophilic pores; Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell; Superhydrophobic surface; Water management

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; GASES; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANES; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURFACE TESTING;

DIMETHYLSILOXANE; GAS DISTRIBUTION; GAS TRANSPORT; HYDROPHILIC PORES; INTERNAL PORES; KEY ISSUES; LOW ENERGIES; MICROPOROUS LAYERS; NOVEL DESIGN; PEM FUEL CELL; PERFORMANCE TESTING; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; POROSIMETRY; SILICA PARTICLES; SUPER-HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; SURFACE COATINGS; TILTED SURFACE; WATER DROPLETS;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

ELECTROLYTE; FUEL CELL; GAS TRANSPORT; MEMBRANE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; POROSITY; PROFILER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETTABILITY;

EID: 79951512238     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2010.12.054     Document Type: Article

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