Effective permeability of gas diffusion layer in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 10519-10526

  Shou, Dahua ^a,b   Tang, Youhong ^b,d   Ye, Lin ^b   Fan, Jintu ^a,c   Ding, Feng ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Analytical model; Gas diffusion layers; In plane permeability; Through plane permeability

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FIBERS; FUEL CELLS; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS PERMEABLE MEMBRANES; PARALLEL FLOW; POROSITY;

CHARACTERISTIC LENGTH; EFFECTIVE PERMEABILITY; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; IN-PLANE PERMEABILITY; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL (PEMFCS); THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); THROUGH-PLANE PERMEABILITY; UNIDIRECTIONAL FIBERS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84883135639     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.06.043     Document Type: Article

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