Accelerated Lifetime Testing for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Using Extremely High Temperature and Unusually High Load

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Jianlu ^a   Song, Chaojie ^a   Zhang, Jiujun ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

accelerated lifetime testing; carbon oxidation and corrosion; degradation; Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells; Pt catalyst agglomeration isolation sintering

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSTS; DEGRADATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; LOAD TESTING; MEMBRANES;

ACCELERATED LIFETIME TESTING; CARBON CORROSION; CARBON OXIDATION; HIGH LOAD; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE-BASED; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANES FUEL CELLS; PT CATALYST AGGLOMERATION/ISOLATION/SINTERING; PT CATALYSTS; TESTING PROTOCOLS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 85150840557     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003977     Document Type: Article

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