Performance of high temperature fuel cells with different types of PBI membranes as analysed by impedance spectroscopy

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2596-2602

  Kondratenko, Mikhail S ^a   Gallyamov, Marat O ^a,b   Khokhlov, Alexei R ^a,b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b A N NESMEYANOV INSTITUTE OF ORGANOELEMENT COMPOUNDS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Cathode active layer; Fuel cell; HT PEFC; Impedance spectroscopy; Polybenzimidazole; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; HT-PEFC; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; TRANSMISSION LINE;

CATHODES; ELECTRIC LINES; FUEL CELLS; MEMBRANES; OHMIC CONTACTS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84855831344     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.10.087     Document Type: Article

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