Effect of electrochemical aging on the interaction between gas diffusion layers and the flow field in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 7207-7211

  John Felix Kumar, R ^a   Radhakrishnan, Vijay ^a   Haridoss, Prathap ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Channel intrusion; GDL compression; GDL durability

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; CARBON CLOTHS; CARBON PAPER; CATALYST LAYERS; CHANNEL INTRUSION; CYCLIC COMPRESSION; FIBER-MATRIX INTERFACES; FLOW FIELD CHANNELS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GDL COMPRESSION; GDL DURABILITY; HIGHER-DEGREE; MECHANICAL STRESS; POROUS MEDIUM; RESIDUAL STRAINS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL AGING; GDL COMPRESSIONS;

CARBON FIBERS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FLOW FIELDS; MEMBRANES; POROUS MATERIALS; PROTONS; STABILITY; STRESSES; CARBON; FUEL CELLS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 79955892103     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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