A review of gas diffusion layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cells—With a focus on characteristics, characterization techniques, materials and designs

A Ozden, S Shahgaldi, X Li, F Hamdullahpur - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are at the dawn of commercialization. Their
operation and design characteristics, hence their performance, are closely linked to the …

A critical review of modeling transport phenomena in polymer-electrolyte fuel cells

AZ Weber, RL Borup, RM Darling, PK Das… - Journal of The …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Polymer-electrolyte fuel cells are a promising energy-conversion technology. Over the last
several decades significant progress has been made in increasing their performance and …

Gas-diffusion-layer structural properties under compression via X-ray tomography

IV Zenyuk, DY Parkinson, LG Connolly… - Journal of Power Sources, 2016 - Elsevier
There is a need to understand the structure properties of gas-diffusion layers (GDLs) in order
to optimize their performance in various electrochemical devices. This information is …

Improving water management in fuel cells through microporous layer modifications: Fast operando tomographic imaging of liquid water

Y Nagai, J Eller, T Hatanaka, S Yamaguchi… - Journal of Power …, 2019 - Elsevier
Polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) have been actively developed for a wide range of
power generation applications. At the high power densities required for automotive …

Simulation of mineral dissolution at the pore scale with evolving fluid-solid interfaces: Review of approaches and benchmark problem set

S Molins, C Soulaine, NI Prasianakis, A Abbasi… - Computational …, 2021 - Springer
This manuscript presents a benchmark problem for the simulation of single-phase flow,
reactive transport, and solid geometry evolution at the pore scale. The problem is organized …

[HTML][HTML] Free open reference implementation of a two-phase PEM fuel cell model

R Vetter, JO Schumacher - Computer Physics Communications, 2019 - Elsevier
In almost 30 years of PEM fuel cell modeling, countless numerical models have been
developed in science and industrial applications, almost none of which have been fully …

Wave-shaped flow channel design and optimization of PEMFCs with a groove in the gas diffusion layer

C Xu, H Wang, T Cheng - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
The effects of the wave-shaped flow channel structure and a groove in the gas diffusion
layer (GDL) on the net power density of proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) …

Analysis of representative elementary volume and through-plane regional characteristics of carbon-fiber papers: diffusivity, permeability and electrical/thermal …

PA García-Salaberri, IV Zenyuk, AD Shum… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Understanding the transport processes that occur in carbon-fiber papers (CFPs) used in fuel
cells, electrolyzers, and metal-air/redox flow batteries is necessary to help predict cell …

Oxygen transport resistance correlated to liquid water saturation in the gas diffusion layer of PEM fuel cells

JP Owejan, TA Trabold, MM Mench - International Journal of Heat and Mass …, 2014 - Elsevier
Under typical proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) operating conditions,
temperature gradients through the porous gas diffusion layer (GDL) can result in product …

Current density effect on hydrogen permeation in PEM water electrolyzers

P Trinke, B Bensmann… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Hydrogen permeation is an important phenomena for PEM water electrolyzers, due to
several reasons as safety issues and efficiency loss. The present contribution deals with the …