Stresses and their impacts on proton exchange membrane fuel cells: A review

AM Dafalla, F Jiang - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell is a promising substitute for
combustion engines owing to its low level of output pollutants and high efficiency. Great …

Review on proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack assembly: Quality evaluation, assembly method, contact behavior and process design

D Qiu, L Peng, P Yi, W Lehnert, X Lai - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are ideal power sources with great potential for
automobiles, backup power systems and stationary applications, owing to high efficiency …

Fabrication method for laboratory-scale high-performance membrane electrode assemblies for fuel cells

MB Sassin, Y Garsany, BD Gould, KE Swider-Lyons - 2017 - ACS Publications
Custom catalyst-coated membranes (CCMs) and membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs)
are necessary for the evaluation of advanced electrocatalysts, gas diffusion media (GDM) …

Effect of wettability heterogeneity and compression on liquid water transport in gas diffusion layer coated with microporous layer of PEMFC

Y Ira, Y Bakhshan, J Khorshidimalahmadi - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study applied the pseudo-potential Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) for investigating
liquid water transport in the microporous layer (MPL) and gas diffusion layer (GDL) of …

Electrical resistance and microstructure of typical gas diffusion layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cell under compression

D Qiu, H Janßen, L Peng, P Irmscher, X Lai, W Lehnert - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Electrical resistance accounts for a significant part of the performance loss in proton
exchange membrane fuel cells. To the best of the authors' knowledge, this work represents …

Preparation, performance and challenges of catalyst layer for proton exchange membrane fuel cell

M Xie, T Chu, T Wang, K Wan, D Yang, B Li, P Ming… - Membranes, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this paper, the composition, function and structure of the catalyst layer (CL) of a proton
exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) are summarized. The hydrogen reduction reaction …

Influence of the gas diffusion layer compression on the oxygen transport in PEM fuel cells at high water saturation levels

C Simon, F Hasché, HA Gasteiger - Journal of The …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The impact of the gas diffusion layer (GDL) compression on the oxygen transport is
investigated in single cell assemblies at 50 C, RH= 77%, 200 kPa abs and under differential …

Tailoring electrode microstructure via ink content to enable improved rated power performance for platinum cobalt/high surface area carbon based polymer electrolyte …

T Van Cleve, G Wang, M Mooney, CF Cetinbas… - Journal of Power …, 2021 - Elsevier
Improvements in polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) electrode performance have primarily
focused on catalyst and ionomer developments, marginalizing the importance of catalyst ink …

Two-phase flow in compressed gas diffusion layer: Finite element and volume of fluid modeling

X Zhou, Z Niu, Z Bao, J Wang, Z Liu, Y Yin, Q Du… - Journal of Power …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, a stochastic model is used to reconstruct the uncompressed gas diffusion layer
(GDL) microstructures. Subsequently, the finite element method (FEM) is conducted for …

Through-the-membrane transient phenomena in PEM fuel cells: A modeling study

A Goshtasbi, P García-Salaberri, J Chen… - Journal of The …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents a 2D, fully coupled and comprehensive transient model that accounts
for micro-structural features of various cell layers. The model benefits from state of the art …