Characteristics of oxygen diffusivity and water distribution by X-ray radiography in microporous media in alternate porous layers of different wettability for moisture control in gas diffusion layer of PEFC

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 9128-9138

  Utaka, Yoshio ^a   Hirose, Ikunori ^b   Tasaki, Yutaka ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OLYMPUS CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mass transfer; Microporous media; Oxygen diffusivity; Polymer electrolyte fuel cell; X ray radiography

Indexed keywords

ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEM; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; HYBRID STRUCTURE; MICROPOROUS MEDIA; OXYGEN ABSORBERS; OXYGEN DIFFUSIVITY; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; POROUS LAYERS; TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; WATER DISTRIBUTIONS; X-RAY COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

DIFFUSION IN GASES; FUEL CELLS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROPOROSITY; MOISTURE CONTROL; OXYGEN; POLYELECTROLYTES; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOLOGY; WATER CONTENT; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; X RAYS;

X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79958861261     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.04.152     Document Type: Article

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