Wetting properties of gas diffusion layers: Application of the Cassie-Baxter and Wenzel equations

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5619-5627

  Parry, Valérie ^a   Berthomé, Grégory ^a   Joud, Jean Charles ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Contact angle; ESEM; Gas diffusion layer; Hysteresis; PEMFC; Wilhelmy plate

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBERS; CONTACT ANGLE; DIFFUSION IN GASES; HYSTERESIS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL DEGRADATION; ESEM; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; ROUGHNESS COEFFICIENT; SURFACE CHARACTERIZATION; WATER SURFACE TENSION; WATER TEMPERATURES; WILHELMY PLATE;

WETTING;

EID: 84859161789     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.02.038     Document Type: Article

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