Oxygen transport resistance correlated to liquid water saturation in the gas diffusion layer of PEM fuel cells

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 585-592

  Owejan, Jon P ^a,b   Trabold, Thomas A ^c   Mench, Matthew M ^b  

^a ALFRED STATE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Tennessee   (United States)

^c ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Fuel cells; Limiting current; Neutron imaging; PEM; Saturation

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL DISTRIBUTIONS; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; LIMITING CURRENT; LIQUID WATER SATURATION; NEUTRON IMAGING; PARTIAL PRESSURE OF OXYGEN; PEM;

CARBON FIBERS; CATALYSTS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84892748714     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2013.12.059     Document Type: Article

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