A review of gas diffusion layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cells—With a focus on characteristics, characterization techniques, materials and designs

A Ozden, S Shahgaldi, X Li, F Hamdullahpur - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells are at the dawn of commercialization. Their
operation and design characteristics, hence their performance, are closely linked to the …

Strategies to optimize water management in anion exchange membrane fuel cells

B Zhang, Y Hua, Z Gao - Journal of Power Sources, 2022 - Elsevier
The urgent need for green energy to curb environmental pollution and solve the energy
crisis calls for the rapid development of clean power supplies. Besides proton exchange …

Experimental and computational study of the microporous layer and hydrophobic treatment in the gas diffusion layer of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

M Sarker, MA Rahman, F Mojica, S Mehrazi… - Journal of Power …, 2021 - Elsevier
Enabling fuel cell operation at high current density is critical for developing competitive
alternative power system to replace internal combustion engine. However, liquid water …

Effects of geometrical dimensions of flow channels of a large-active-area PEM fuel cell: A CFD study

E Carcadea, MS Ismail, DB Ingham, L Patularu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Various flow field designs have been numerically investigated to evaluate the effect of
pattern and the cross-sectional dimensions of the channel on the performance of a large …

Effects of compression on water distribution in gas diffusion layer materials of PEMFC in a point injection device by means of synchrotron X-ray imaging

UU Ince, H Markötter, MG George, H Liu, N Ge… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, ex-situ experiments performed with a point injection device are conducted to
evaluate water distributions in gas diffusion layer (GDL) materials which serve as porous …

Effects of agglomerate model parameters on transport characterization and performance of PEM fuel cells

S Li, J Yuan, G Xie, B Sundén - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2018 - Elsevier
A three-dimensional, non-isothermal and two-phase flow model for proton exchange
membrane (PEM) fuel cells is developed. In the cathode catalyst layer, a spherical …

Thermal management in PEMFCs: the respective effects of porous media in the gas flow channel

H Pourrahmani, M Moghimi, M Siavashi - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study aims to evaluate the convective heat transfer enhancement of the proton
exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) numerically. As the higher heat transfer surfaces …

Development of 1-D multiphysics PEMFC model with dry limiting current experimental validation

MA Rahman, F Mojica, M Sarker, PYA Chuang - Electrochimica Acta, 2019 - Elsevier
The limiting current method is an effective in-situ diagnostic tool for studying oxygen
transport resistance in a PEM fuel cell. In this study, we present both experimental and …

The effects of different flow field patterns on polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell performance

H Hazar, M Yilmaz, H Sevinc - Energy Conversion and Management, 2021 - Elsevier
The flow fields of bipolar plates are among the important factors that direct reaction, heat,
pressure, and mass transfer by distributing the reactants on the electrode surfaces, and thus …

Neutron radiography measurements of in-situ PEMFC liquid water saturation in 2D & 3D morphology gas diffusion layers

NJ Cooper, AD Santamaria, MK Becton… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
This work uses neutron radiography to examine the through-plane liquid water distribution of
an operating polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) with a Sigracet SGL 25BC, a …