Influence of PTFE on electrode structure for performance of PEMFC and 10-cells stack

Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering (English Edition)

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1171-1175

  Lin, Rui ^a   Zhao, Tiantian ^a   Zhang, Haiyan ^b   Cao, Chunhui ^a   Li, Bing ^a   Ma, Jianxin ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Fuel cell stack; Poly tetrafluoroethylene; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE AREA; CATALYST LAYERS; CATHODE ELECTRODES; DURABILITY TEST; ELECTRODE STRUCTURE; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; FUEL CELL STACK; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; MEMBRANE METHODS; OXYGEN MASS TRANSFER; POLARIZATION CURVES; SINGLE CELLS; TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE;

CATALYSTS; CATHODES; DURABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; OPTIMIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84869746980     PISSN: 10009345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3901/CJME.2012.06.1171     Document Type: Article

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