Progress on open cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cell: Performance, designs, challenges and future directions

JC Kurnia, BA Chaedir, AP Sasmito, T Shamim - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Fuel cell is considered as a promising candidate to replace internal combustion engine in
the future vehicles amid growing interest to lessen environment degradation due to fossil …

Full-scale three-dimensional simulation of air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack: Temperature spatial variation and comprehensive validation

G Zhang, Z Qu, Y Wang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
This study presents one of the first full-scale stack three-dimensional (3D) simulations for
proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell to investigate temperature distribution, cell/stack …

Evaluation criterion of different flow field patterns in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell

J Shen, Z Tu, SH Chan - Energy conversion and management, 2020 - Elsevier
Flow field plays an important role in the design and application of proton exchange
membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). The superiority of flow field is commonly evaluated by …

Decoupling strategy for react-air supply and cooling of open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack considering real-time membrane resistance …

X Bai, Q Jian - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cells are widely used in portable power and
unmanned aircraft because of their portability and simple structure. To address the mismatch …

An experimental study on the hydrogen utilization in air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack with a novel anode outlet design

X Yu, Y Guan, S Cai, Z Tu, SH Chan - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
In the realm of portable power system, air-cooled fuel cells stand out for their lightweight
design and emission-free operation. Anode purging has emerged as an effective method to …

Intelligent diagnosis of proton exchange membrane fuel cell water states based on flooding-specificity experiment and deep learning method

Y Zhang, Y Li, C Zhang, Y Yang, X Yu, T Niu, L Wang… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Flood-related malfunctions stand out as a primary impediment, constraining the effective and
consistent functioning of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC). This study firstly …

Local structure engineering for active sites in fuel cell electrocatalysts

H Cheng, R Gui, S Liu, Y Xie, C Wu - Science China Chemistry, 2020 - Springer
In this review, we surveyed the significance of local structure engineering on electrocatalysts
and electrodes for the performance of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in proton exchange …

Performance enhancement of air-cooled open cathode polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell with inserting metal foam in the cathode side

DG Kang, C Park, IS Lim, SH Choi, DK Lee… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a novel way to improve performance of the air-cooled open cathode polymer
electrolyte membrane fuel cell is introduced. We suggest using a metal foam in the cathode …

[HTML][HTML] Performance degradation of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell with dual ejector-based recirculation

Y Liu, B Xiao, J Zhao, L Fan, X Luo, Z Tu… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Effective water management is particularly critical for fuel cells fed by hydrogen/oxygen. An
ejector is an optimal device for the gas recirculation subsystem of a proton exchange …

Visualization study on enhancing water transport of proton exchange membrane fuel cells with a dead-ended anode by generating fluctuating flow at anode …

J Zhao, Q Jian, Z Huang - Energy Conversion and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Anode water management is critical to the operating performance of proton exchange
membrane fuel cells with dead-ended anodes. In this work, a new fuel supply mode, called …