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Diffusion layer parameters influencing optimal fuel cell performance

Jordan, L.R., Shukla, A.K., Behrsing, T., Avery, N.R., Muddle, B.C. and Forsyth, M. 2000, Diffusion layer parameters influencing optimal fuel cell performance, Journal of power sources, vol. 86, no. 1-2, pp. 250-254.

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Title Diffusion layer parameters influencing optimal fuel cell performance
Author(s) Jordan, L.R.
Shukla, A.K.
Behrsing, T.
Avery, N.R.
Muddle, B.C.
Forsyth, M.
Journal name Journal of power sources
Volume number 86
Issue number 1-2
Start page 250
End page 254
Publisher Elsevier SA
Place of publication Switzerland
Publication date 2000-03
ISSN 0378-7753
1873-2755
Keyword(s) Polymer electrolyte fuel cell
Carbon black
Gas diffusion
Porosity
Summary The performance of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) is substantially influenced by the morphology of the gas diffusion layer. Cells utilising sintered gas diffusion layers made with a low pore volume Acetylene Black carbon, at an optimised thickness, showed better performance compared with cells containing Vulcan XC-72R carbon. The cells were optimised using both oxygen and air as oxidants showing that different conditions were required in each case to achieve optimum cell performance. A model, in which the hydrophobicity and porosity of the diffusion layer affect water impregnation and gas diffusion through the gas diffusion layer, is presented to explain the influence of the diffusion layer morphology on cell performance.
Language eng
Field of Research 039999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective 970103 Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences
HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2000, Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30030177

Document type: Journal Article
Collection: Institute for Technology Research and Innovation
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