Diagnosis of PTFE-Nafion MEA degradation modes by an accelerated degradation technique

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 35, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1274-1283

  Jao, Ting Chu ^a   Jung, Guo Bin ^a   Ke, Shih Tsung ^b   Chi, Pei Hung ^c   Chan, Shih Hung ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c LEE MING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composite membrane; Fuel cell; Load cycling; OCV degradation; RH cycling

Indexed keywords

AC-IMPEDANCE; ACCELERATED DEGRADATION; CATALYST AGING; CREEP DEFORMATIONS; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; LOAD CYCLING; LOSS OF PERFORMANCE; MAJOR FACTORS; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; MEMBRANE FAILURE; OCV DEGRADATION; PINHOLE FORMATION; POLARIZATION CURVES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES;

CATALYSTS; CREEP; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEGRADATION; FUEL CELLS; MEMBRANES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

FAILURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 80054996692     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.1797     Document Type: Article

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