Performance evaluation of an air-breathing high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Applied Energy

Volumn 160, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-152

  Wu, Qixing ^a   Li, Haiyang ^a   Yuan, Wenxiang ^a   Luo, Zhongkuan ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Sun, Hongyuan ^a   Zhao, Xuxin ^a   Fu, Huide ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Air breathing; Durability; High temperature; PEMFC; Phosphoric acid; Polybenzimidazole

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; FUEL CELLS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELLS (PAFC); POLYELECTROLYTES; TEMPERATURE;

AIR BREATHING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PEMFC; LIMITING CURRENT DENSITY; PHOSPHORIC ACID DOPED POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; SHORT-TERM DURABILITIES;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

DESIGN; DURABILITY; FUEL CELL; FUEL CONSUMPTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ION EXCHANGE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; OXYGEN; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84942238523     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.09.042     Document Type: Article

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