Abstract Operating Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (PEFC) under high current density
conditions, causes significant losses related to liquid water saturation in the gas diffusion …

ABSTRACT A distinctive field in the coatings industry is coating of porous media, which has
broad applications including paper, textiles, electronics, filtration, and energy sectors. Fluid …

Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are promising energy conversion devices.
The design and development of microporous layers (MPLs) is essential to the improvement …

For a gas diffusion layer (GDL) with hydrophobic treatment, its hydrophobicity (contact
angle) may change along the through-plane direction, and lead to different two-phase …

The assembly pressure significantly influences the performance of proton exchange
membrane fuel cells. In earlier studies, performance simulations based on volume-averaged …

A 3D model for a section of cathode fuel cell comprised of a bipolar plate, a gas diffusion
layer (GDL) and a catalyst layer was simulated. The diameter of the carbon fiber GDL is …

This paper presents a methodology for modeling microstructures of fibrous porous media
with curved fibers. The developed methodology utilizes implicit periodic surface model …

Gas diffusion layer (GDL) is a key component of the membrane electrode assembly (MEA)
for a proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell. GDL attributes strongly correlate with the …

Fibrous porous media are widely used in various industries such as biomedical engineering,
textiles, paper, and alternative energy. Often these porous materials are formed into …