Conference proceeding
Model to Investigate Interfacial Morphology Effects on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Performance
PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS 9, v 25(1)
01 Jan 2009
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Abstract
The purpose of this work is to investigate the impact of the interfacial contact morphology between the catalyst layer (CL) and micro porous layer (MPL) on the polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) performance. A single-phase anisotropic mathematical model has been developed to evaluate the role of interfacial morphology on ohmic, thermal and gas-phase transport. The novel feature of the model is inclusion of directly measured surface morphological information of the cathode catalyst and the micro porous layers. The preliminary results indicate that thermal disruption due interface morphology has low absolute impact in comparison to ohmic disruption. Ultimately, this model will be used as a tool to understand and minimize the PEFC performance loss, and to develop guidelines for optimal CL and MPL surfaces.
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- Title
- Model to Investigate Interfacial Morphology Effects on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Performance
- Creators
- Hemant Bajpai - Pennsylvania State UniversityManish Khandelwal - Pennsylvania State UniversityE. C. Kumbur - Pennsylvania State UniversityM. M. Mench - Penn State Univ, Dept Mech Engn, Fuel Cell Dynam & Diagnost Lab, University Pk, PA 16802 USA
- Publication Details
- PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS 9, v 25(1)
- Series
- ECS Transactions
- Publisher
- Electrochemical Soc Inc
- Number of pages
- 11
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000329585500001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-76449104220
- Other Identifier
- 991019173799304721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Electrochemistry
- Energy & Fuels