Improvement of thermal and water management of air-cooled polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells by adding porous media into the cathode gas channel

M Peng, L Chen, R Zhang, W Xu, WQ Tao - Electrochimica acta, 2022 - Elsevier
In air-cooled polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), the contradiction between
cooling and water retention renders the improvement of cell performance really challenging …

Predicting pemfc performance from a volumetric image of catalyst layer structure using pore network modeling

MA Sadeghi, ZA Khan, M Agnaou, L Hu, S Litster… - Applied Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
A pore-scale model of a PEMFC cathode catalyst layer was developed using the pore
network approach and used to predict polarization behavior. A volumetric image of a …

Reconstruction and optimization of catalyst layer of high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell

L Xia, S Tao, M Ni, Y Wang, C Wu, Q Xu, Y Dai… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Catalyst layer determines the performance and cost of high temperature proton exchange
membrane fuel cell. However, a fundamental understanding and optimization of its …

Optimization of geometric parameters of ejector for fuel cell system based on multi-objective optimization method

M Hou, F Chen, Y Pei - International Journal of Green Energy, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, the multi-objective orthogonal experiment is employed to optimize the
geometric parameters of the ejector. The optimization objective is determined by applying …

Manufacturing and structural control of slurry-cast catalyst layers for AEMFC

J Hyun, DW Lee, E Oh, H Bae, J Park, G Doo… - Journal of Power …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fabrication of the catalyst layer (CL) in a cost-effective and scalable manner is a critical step
toward commercialization of anion exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs). Herein, we …

Quantitative investigation of oxygen transport in proton exchange membrane fuel cell: Considering cross-flow

X Zhang, X Ma, F Xi, X Zhu, S Shuai - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2022 - Elsevier
Oxygen transport is a key factor limiting fuel cell performance. To quantitatively analyze the
dominant mechanism of oxygen transport. In particular, the cross-flow under the rib (x …

Revealing local oxygen transport in ionomer films on multidimensional nanoscale catalysts in fuel cells

Y Zhou, L Fan, J Wang, Q Du, K Jiao - Journal of Materials Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
State-of-the-art multidimensional catalysts have been developed to realize high-
performance proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). However, local oxygen …

Effects of cathode gas diffusion layer configuration on the performance of open cathode air-cooled polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

M Peng, E Dong, L Chen, Y Wang, WQ Tao - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
The design of a gas diffusion layer (GDL) is an effective way to manage water transport, thus
improving the performance of air-cooled fuel cells. In the present study, three group designs …

Topology optimization of gas channels in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Y Xia, C Guo, E Dong, L Chen, W Tao - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2024 - Elsevier
Optimizing the gas channels (GCs) plays an important role on improving the performance of
proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). In this study, a topology optimization (TO) …

Topology optimization of diffusion–reaction processes in hierarchical porous structures

X Zheng, L Chen, JW Luo, Q Yang, WQ Tao - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hierarchical porous media possess both high reactive sites and low transport resistance, yet
the limit of the total reaction rate is not clear. In the present study, topology optimization (TO) …