Subfreezing operation of polymer electrolyte fuel cells: Ice formation and cell performance loss

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 65, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-133

  Mishler, Jeffrey ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Mukherjee, Partha P ^b   Mukundan, Rangachary ^c   Borup, Rodney L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Experiment; Modeling; Neutron imaging; Polymer electrolyte fuel cells; Subfreezing operation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; CATALYST LAYERS; CATHODE CATALYST LAYERS; CELL PERFORMANCE; COLD-START; DIMENSIONLESS PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL TESTING; HIGH RESOLUTION; ICE FORMATIONS; MODEL PREDICTION; NEUTRON IMAGING; OPERATING RANGES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; SUBFREEZING OPERATION; SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES; SURFACE AREA; THEORETICAL EVALUATION;

CATALYSTS; EXPERIMENTS; MODELS; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; REACTION RATES;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 84862777292     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.01.020     Document Type: Article

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