Demonstration of a 20 W class high-temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack with novel fabrication of a membrane electrode assembly

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5521-5526

  Lee, Hye Jin ^a   Kim, Byoung Gak ^b   Lee, Dong Hoon ^b   Park, Se Jin ^b   Kim, Yongmin ^b   Lee, Jeung Woo ^c   Henkensmeier, Dirk ^b   Nam, Suk Woo ^b   Kim, Hyoung Juhn ^b   Kim, Hwayong ^a   Kim, Ju Yong ^d  

^a WCU Program of Chemical Convergence for Energy and Environment   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c POSCO   (South Korea)

^d Samsung SDI   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fuel cell stack; High temperature polymer electrolyte fuel cell; Membrane electrolyte assembly; Phosphoric acid doped polybenzimidazole

Indexed keywords

CATALYST LAYERS; FUEL CELL STACK; GAS DIFFUSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMERS; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; MEMBRANE ELECTROLYTE ASSEMBLY; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; WEIGHT RATIOS;

CATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; GASKETS; MEMBRANES; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENES;

POLYMER MEMBRANE ELECTRODES;

EID: 79954448505     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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