In recent years great effort has been taken to understand the effect of gas transport on the
performance of electrochemical devices. This study aims to characterize the diffusion …

The scattering dynamics of oxygen molecules on perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) ionomer thin
films was investigated using molecular dynamic simulations. We constructed PFSA ionomer …

Understanding the relationship between the formation, structure, and functionality of catalyst
layers is crucial for designing catalyst layers with specific high-current-density operations. In …

Pore structures and gas transport properties in porous separators for polymer electrolyte fuel
cells are evaluated both experimentally and through simulations. In the experiments, the gas …

Understanding the flow and diffusion (transport) of gases through nuclear graphite is of
interest in both the prismatic and pebble bed high-temperature gas reactors (HTGRs), for …

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 …

We investigated the gas-surface interaction between oxygen molecules and ionomer
surface using molecular dynamics simulations because the scattering phenomena of gas …

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 …

Mass transport significantly affects the reaction efficiency of polymer electrolyte fuel cells. In
particular, the oxygen transport in catalyst layers is important for the improvement of its …

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 …