Journal article
Microstructure Analysis Tools for Quantification of Key Structural Properties of Fuel Cell Materials
ECS transactions, v 41(1), pp 679-687
04 Oct 2011
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Abstract
The objective of this work is to develop advanced microstructure analysis tools for direct quantification of the key structural properties of complex fuel cell materials. Computationally efficient algorithms have been developed to extract the key structural parameters from measured microstructure datasets of these materials. In addition to determination of the traditional structural measures (e.g., porosity, surface area, phase connectivity), two novel microstructure analysis techniques are introduced for the quantification of pore size and tortuosity distributions. For initial demonstration purposes, the methods developed are applied to a digitally reconstructed sample of the micro-porous layer (MPL) of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC). The results produced from these analyses are compared to previously reported experimental and model-derived values where applicable.
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- Title
- Microstructure Analysis Tools for Quantification of Key Structural Properties of Fuel Cell Materials
- Creators
- Ahmet Cecen - Drexel UniversityEric A. Wargo - Drexel UniversityAnne C. Hanna - Drexel UniversityDavid M. Turner - Drexel UniversitySurya R. Kalidindi - Drexel UniversityEmin C. Kumbur - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- ECS transactions, v 41(1), pp 679-687
- Publisher
- Institute of Physics (IOP)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000309598800064
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84866391504
- Other Identifier
- 1607682540; 9781607682547; 991019168982704721
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- Electrochemistry
- Energy & Fuels
- Polymer Science