Study on the performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell related to the structure design of a gas diffusion layer substrate

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 495-504

  Cho, Junhyun ^a   Oh, Hwanyeong ^b   Park, Jaeman ^b   Min, Kyoungdoug ^b   Lee, Eunsook ^c   Jyoung, Jy Young ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c JNTG Co   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capillary pressure gradient; Gas diffusion layer; Macro pore; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Substrate; Transient response

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; CAPILLARY TUBES; CARBON FIBERS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; PORE SIZE; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SUBSTRATES; TRANSIENT ANALYSIS;

ACTIVE CARBON FIBERS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; DIFFERENT PORE SIZES; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; MACRO PORES; MASS TRANSFER MECHANISM; OPERATING CONDITION; STEADY STATE AND TRANSIENTS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84890429413     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.10.057     Document Type: Article

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