Accelerated durability testing via reactants relative humidity cycling on PEM fuel cells

Applied Energy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-97

  Panha, Karachakorn ^a   Fowler, Michael ^a   Yuan, Xiao Zi ^b   Wang, Haijiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accelerated durability testing; Degradation mechanisms; Fluoride ion release concentration; Hydrogen crossover current; Linear sweep voltammetry (LSV); Relative humidity (RH)

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN GASES; DURABILITY; HYDROGEN; INFRARED IMAGING; MEMBRANES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DEGRADATION MECHANISMS; DURABILITY TESTING; FLUORIDE ION; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY (RH);

DEGRADATION;

ACCELERATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; FUEL CELL; ION; LINEARITY; MEMBRANE; POLYMER; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84857992717     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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