A review of the gas diffusion layer in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Durability and degradation

J Park, H Oh, T Ha, YI Lee, K Min - Applied Energy, 2015 - Elsevier
For successful commercialization of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, the durability
requirement must be satisfied. The degradation of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell …

Fabrication methods, structure design and durability analysis of advanced sealing materials in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

D Shi, L Cai, C Zhang, D Chen, Z Pan, Z Kang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
In a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stack, there are many cells and each
single cell has a multi-layer structure. The bipolar plates, membrane electrode assembly …

Pore-scale modeling of gas diffusion layers: Effects of compression on transport properties

L Zhu, H Zhang, L Xiao, A Bazylak, X Gao… - Journal of Power Sources, 2021 - Elsevier
A pore-scale simulation approach combining the pore-scale model (PSM) and lattice
Boltzmann method (LBM) is developed for a gas diffusion layer (GDL) of a proton exchange …

Transport properties of gas diffusion layer of proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Effects of compression

Z Bao, Y Li, X Zhou, F Gao, Q Du, K Jiao - International Journal of Heat and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The gas diffusion layer (GDL) is an essential component for a proton exchange membrane
(PEM) fuel cell because it provides pathways for different transport processes, including gas …

Nonlinear orthotropic model of the inhomogeneous assembly compression of PEM fuel cell gas diffusion layers

PA García-Salaberri, M Vera, R Zaera - International Journal of Hydrogen …, 2011 - Elsevier
PEM fuel cell assembly pressure is known to cause large strains in the gas diffusion layer
(GDL), which results in significant changes in its mechanical, electrical and thermal …

Three-dimensional modeling of a PEMFC with serpentine flow field incorporating the impacts of electrode inhomogeneous compression deformation

WZ Li, WW Yang, WY Zhang, ZG Qu, YL He - International Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The effects of compression deformation of gas diffusion layer (GDL) on the performance of a
proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) with serpentine flow field were numerically …

Effects of mechanical compression on the performance of polymer electrolyte fuel cells and analysis through in-situ characterisation techniques-A review

K Bouziane, N Zamel, X Francois, Y Meyer… - Journal of Power …, 2019 - Elsevier
One of the factors that affect the polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) performance is the
mechanical compression inside the stack. Although this compression plays an important role …

Electrical, mechanical and morphological properties of compressed carbon felt electrodes in vanadium redox flow battery

TC Chang, JP Zhang, YK Fuh - Journal of Power Sources, 2014 - Elsevier
Experiments including electrical, mechanical and morphological aspects under compression
in the range of 0–40% have been carried out on four potential materials for liquid diffusion …

A numerical analysis of PEMFC stack assembly through a 3D finite element model

C Carral, P Mélé - International journal of hydrogen energy, 2014 - Elsevier
A finite element model is developed to investigate the influence of the assembly phase of
proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stacks on the mechanical state of the active …

Investigation of the assembly for high-power proton exchange membrane fuel cell stacks through an efficient equivalent model

Z Zhou, D Qiu, S Zhai, L Peng, X Lai - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
A high-power proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) stack usually composes many
cells, which induce high difficulty in evaluating its mechanical state of stack assembly. A …