Effects of flow field design on the performance of a PEM fuel cell with metal foam as the flow distributor

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 13060-13066

  Tsai, Bin Tsang ^a   Tseng, Chung Jen ^a   Liu, Zhong Sheng ^b   Wang, Chih Hao ^a   Lee, Chun I ^c   Yang, Chang Chung ^c   Lo, Shih Kun ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCH   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AC impedance; Flow distributor; Metal foam; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

AC IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; AC-IMPEDANCE; BODE PLOTS; FLOW DISTRIBUTORS; FLOW-FIELD DESIGN; GAS DISTRIBUTION; GRAPHITE BIPOLAR PLATES; IMPEDANCE CHARACTERISTICS; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; METAL FOAMS; MULTIPLE REGIONS; NYQUIST; OHMIC RESISTANCE; PEM FUEL CELL; POLARIZATION CURVES; UNIT CELLS;

DESIGN; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW FIELDS; METALS; OHMIC CONTACTS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

FOAMS;

EID: 84865011707     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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