Innovative Insight into O2/N2 Permeation Behavior through an Ionomer Film in Cathode Catalyst Layers of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

J You, X Cheng, H Li, J Yin, X Yan, G Wei… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
It is crucial to clarify the permeation behavior of O2 through the ionomer film for enhancing
local O2 transport in cathodes of fuel cells. However, all existing studies mainly deal with …

Molecular Dynamics Analysis of the Scattering Phenomena of Oxygen Molecules on an Ionomer Surface in Catalyst Layer of Fuel Cell

K Mizuki, T Mabuchi, I Kinefuchi… - ECS Transactions, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The purpose of this study is to clarify the effect of surface diffusion, which is the behavior of
gas molecules on ionomer thin films, on the transport properties of oxygen in fuel cell …

Analysis of the effect of surface diffusion on effective diffusivity of oxygen in catalyst layer by direct simulation Monte Carlo

T Hori, T Mabuchi, I Kinefuchi, T Tokumasu - ECS Transactions, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyzed the transport properties of oxygen molecules using the Monte Carlo method.
We obtained the effective diffusion coefficient of oxygen molecules in a catalyst layer of …

Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Scattering and Surface Diffusion of Oxygen Molecules on Ionomers in Catalyst Layers of PEFCs

T Hori, T Mabuchi, I Kinefuchi, T Tokumasu - ECS Transactions, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyzed the influence of the interaction between oxygen molecules and ionomer
surfaces on the overall oxygen transport in the catalyst layer of polymer electrolyte fuel cells …