Designing proton exchange membrane fuel cells with high specific power density

H Li, H Zhao, S Jian, B Tao, S Gu, G Xu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
With the rapid development of new energy sources, proton-exchange membrane fuel cells
(PEMFCs) have been increasingly recognized and promoted. There are many device-level …

[HTML][HTML] Liquid water characteristics in the compressed gradient porosity gas diffusion layer of proton exchange membrane fuel cells using the Lattice Boltzmann …

S Yan, M Yang, C Sun, S Xu - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The mitigation of water flooding in the gas diffusion layer (GDL) at relatively high current
densities is indispensable for enhancing the performance of proton exchange membrane …

Collective enhancement in hydrophobicity and electrical conductivity of gas diffusion layer and the electrochemical performance of PEMFCs

XL Wang, ZG Qu, GF Ren - Journal of Power Sources, 2023 - Elsevier
Gas diffusion layer (GDL) with optimized water management capacity facilitates the
electrochemical performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). However …

Numerical simulation of liquid water transport in perforated cracks of microporous layer

R Lin, M Dong, S Lan, M Lou - Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
As a kind of clean energy, proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFCs) are expected to
become power source of vehicles. Microporous layer (MPL) enhances the output …

[HTML][HTML] Utilization of 3D printed carbon gas diffusion layers in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

D Niblett, Z Guo, S Holmes, V Niasar… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 3D printing and carbonisation is used to produce designed gas diffusion layer
materials for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC). Using a desktop UV 3D …

Effects of cathode gas channel design on air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance

M Peng, L Chen, K Gong, W Tao - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
In the study, the impact of cathode gas channel (CGC) structure on the operation of air-
cooled PEMFCs is investigated by a multiphase nonisothermal model. First, the influences of …

Experimental and simulation analysis of liquid capillary fingering process in the gas diffusion layer

L Zhang, S Liu, Z Wang, R Li - Journal of Power Sources, 2023 - Elsevier
In a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), water movement through the gas
diffusion layer (GDL) is essential for water management. Using a combination of …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulation of two-phase flow in gas diffusion layer and gas channel of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

D Yang, H Garg, M Andersson - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Liquid water within the cathode Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) and Gas Channel (GC) of Proton
Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) is strongly coupled to gas transport properties …

[HTML][HTML] A pore-level 3D lattice Boltzmann simulation of mass transport and reaction in catalytic particles used for methane synthesis

M Khatoonabadi, NI Prasianakis, J Mantzaras - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Three-dimensional lattice Boltzmann (LB) simulations were carried out to investigate the
mass transport and reaction inside and around catalytic porous particles used in fluidized …

[HTML][HTML] Image-based pore-scale modelling of the effect of wettability on breakthrough capillary pressure in gas diffusion layers

M Li, S Foroughi, J Zhao, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt - Journal of Power Sources, 2023 - Elsevier
Wettability design is of crucial importance for the optimization of multiphase flow behaviour
in gas diffusion layers (GDLs) in fuel cells. The accumulation of electrochemically-generated …