Performance degradation tests of phosphoric acid doped polybenzimidazole membrane based high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Fan ^a   Simon Araya, Samuel ^a   Florentina Grigoras, Ionela ^a   Juhl Andreasen, Søren ^a   Knudsen Kær, Søren ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

degradation; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; HT PEMFC; methanol; PBI

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; METHANOL; OHMIC CONTACTS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELLS (PAFC); POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SPECTROSCOPY;

DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; MASS TRANSFER RESISTANCES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION KINETICS; PBI; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; PHOSPHORIC ACID DOPED POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84934315944     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4029081     Document Type: Article

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