Visualization of water transport in a transparent PEMFC

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1094-1105

  Zhan, Zhigang ^a   Wang, Chen ^a,b   Fu, Weiguo ^a   Pan, Mu ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF SPACE POWER SOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Liquid water; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Transparent; Transport; Visualization

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY FORCE; CELL PERFORMANCE; CHANNEL WALL; DESIGN AND OPERATIONS; DRAG FORCES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ACTIVITIES; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GAS VELOCITY; LIQUID WATER; OPERATING CONDITION; OXYGEN CONCENTRATIONS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; SERPENTINE CHANNEL; STOICHIOMETRIC RATIO; TEST CONDITION; TRANSPARENT; TRANSPORT; WATER FILM; WATER TRANSPORT;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DRAG; FLOW VISUALIZATION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; SERPENTINE; SPHERES; VISUALIZATION;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84655176517     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.02.081     Document Type: Article

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