Study of high voltage applied to the membrane electrode assemblies of proton exchange membrane fuel cells as an accelerated degradation technique

Applied Energy

Volumn 100, Issue , 2012, Pages 81-86

  Jung, Guo Bin ^a   Chuang, Kai Yuan ^a   Jao, Ting Chu ^a   Yeh, Chia Chen ^a   Lin, Chih Yuan ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Accelerated degradation technique (ADT); Durability; Membrane electrode assembly (MEA); Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROGEN;

AC-IMPEDANCE; ACCELERATED DEGRADATION; CATALYST LAYERS; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; CURRENT OUTPUT; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREA; EX SITU; HIGH VOLTAGE; IN-SITU; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; MEMBRANE DEGRADATION; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; POLARIZATION CURVES; SEM AND TEM;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CATALYST; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUEL CELL; HYDROGEN; MEMBRANE; POLARIZATION;

LILY SYMPTOMLESS VIRUS;

EID: 84867704637     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.06.046     Document Type: Article

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