A review of accelerated conditioning for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 196, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 9097-9106

  Yuan, Xiao Zi ^a   Zhang, Shengsheng ^a   Sun, Jian Colin ^a   Wang, Haijiang ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activating; Break in; Commissioning; Conditioning; Incubation; Pre conditioning

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING; BREAK-IN; COMMISSIONING; INCUBATION; PRE-CONDITIONING;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; HYDROGEN FUELS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 80052477287     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2011.06.098     Document Type: Review

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