Investigation of water transport and its effect on performance of higherature PEM fuel cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 149, Issue , 2014, Pages 271-277

  Zhang, Caizhi ^a   Zhang, Lan ^a   Zhou, Weijiang ^a   Wang, Youyi ^a   Chan, Siew Hwa ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

HT PEMFC; Transient performance; Transient resistance; Water vapour transport

Indexed keywords

PEM FUEL CELL; TRANSIENT PERFORMANCE; TRANSIENT RESISTANCE; WATER TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOUR; HIGH TEMPERATURE PEM FUEL CELLS; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; PHOSPHORIC ACID DOPED POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; POLARIZATION CURVES; TRANSIENT VOLTAGE;

ANODES; CATHODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; OHMIC CONTACTS; PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELLS (PAFC); SOLENOID VALVES; WATER VAPOR;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84908453588     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.10.059     Document Type: Article

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