Humidification strategy for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells–A review

Y Chang, Y Qin, Y Yin, J Zhang, X Li - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells are promising power sources because of their
advantage such as high efficiency, zero emission and low operating temperature. Water …

Comparison of catalyst-coated membranes and catalyst-coated substrate for PEMFC membrane electrode assembly: A review

BH Lim, EH Majlan, A Tajuddin, T Husaini… - Chinese Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Catalyst-coated membranes (CCMs) have gained popularity among membrane electrode
assembly (MEA) fabricators for their abilities and advantages compared with those of other …

Enhanced low-humidity performance in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell by developing a novel hydrophilic gas diffusion layer

S Hou, Y Ye, S Liao, J Ren, H Wang, P Yang… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
An ultrathin layer of hydrophilic titanium dioxide (TiO 2) is coated on the gas diffusion layer
(GDL) to enhance the performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) at …

Single-walled carbon nanotube interlayer modified gas diffusion layers to boost the cell performance of self-humidifying proton exchange membrane fuel cells

XF Zhang, YT Liu, H Song, TT Yao, Q Liu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
A tradeoff between the low humidity and the high performance remains a key challenge for
the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). In this work, a novel self-humidifying gas …

Studies on the cathode humidification by exhaust gas recirculation for PEM fuel cell

BJ Kim, MS Kim - International Journal of hydrogen energy, 2012 - Elsevier
For high efficiency and long durability of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs),
polymer electrolyte membranes should be kept wet. Reactant gases should be humidified …

Self-humidified operation of a PEM fuel cell using a novel silica composite coating method

R Angayarkanni, A Ganesan, M Dhelipan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
A proton exchange membrane fuel cell operating with no external humidification support
was successfully reported using a novel silica composite layer on the anode side (Pt/C/SiO …

Membrane electrode assembly with enhanced platinum utilization for high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell prepared by catalyst coating membrane …

H Liang, H Su, BG Pollet, V Linkov… - Journal of Power Sources, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) prepared by catalyst coating
membrane (CCM) method are investigated for reduced platinum (Pt) loading and improved …

Improvement of PEMFC water management by employing water transport plate as bipolar plate

Z Wang, Y Zeng, S Sun, Z Shao, B Yi - international journal of hydrogen …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, a porous hydrophilic water transport plate (WTP) has been employed as a
bipolar plate to improve water management in proton exchange membrane fuel cells …

Dual-functional phosphoric acid-loaded covalent organic framework for PEMFC self-humidification: optimization on membrane electrode assembly

Y Wang, Z Xie, W Zhang, H Liu, Q Xu… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel enhanced membrane electrode assembly (MEA) was successfully developed by
incorporating a phosphoric acid (PA)-loaded Schiff base network (SNW)-type covalent …

Investigations on the double gas diffusion backing layer for performance improvement of self-humidified proton exchange membrane fuel cells

IM Kong, A Jung, MS Kim - Applied energy, 2016 - Elsevier
In order to simplify the system configuration and downsize the volume, a proton exchange
membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) needs to be operated in a self-humidified mode without any …