Thermal conductivity and temperature profiles of the micro porous layers used for the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 8437-8447

  Burheim, Odne S ^a   Su, Huaneng ^b   Pasupathi, Sivakumar ^b   Pharoah, Jon G ^c,d   Pollet, Bruno G ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

GDL; Micro porous layers (MPL); Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC); Porous transport layers (PTL); Through plane thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION PRESSURE; GDL; MICROPOROUS LAYERS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE (PTFE); POROUS TRANSPORT LAYERS; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; THROUGH-PLANE THERMAL CONDUCTIVITIES;

COMPACTION; ELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); TEMPERATURE CONTROL;

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 84879208029     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.04.140     Document Type: Article

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