Gas diffusion layer modifications and treatments for improving the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells and electrolysers: a review

R Omrani, B Shabani - International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Gas diffusion layer (GDL) has a critical role in determining the performance of proton
exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells and electrolysers by facilitating uninterrupted and …

Bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells: A review

A Hermann, T Chaudhuri, P Spagnol - International journal of hydrogen …, 2005 - Elsevier
Bipolar plates (BPs) are a key component of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells
with multifunctional character. They uniformly distribute fuel gas and air, conduct electrical …

Gas diffusion layer for proton exchange membrane fuel cells—A review

L Cindrella, AM Kannan, JF Lin, K Saminathan… - Journal of Power …, 2009 - Elsevier
Gas diffusion layer (GDL) is one of the critical components acting both as the functional as
well as the support structure for membrane–electrode assembly in the proton exchange …

A review of water management in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

M Ji, Z Wei - Energies, 2009 - mdpi.com
At present, despite the great advances in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)
technology over the past two decades through intensive research and development …

Micro-porous layer with composite carbon black for PEM fuel cells

XL Wang, HM Zhang, JL Zhang, HF Xu, ZQ Tian… - Electrochimica …, 2006 - Elsevier
Effects of carbon black in micro-porous layer (MPL) on the performance of H2/air proton
exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) were studied and characterized extensively …

Flooding of gas diffusion backing in PEFCs: physical and electrochemical characterization

J Ihonen, M Mikkola, G Lindbergh - Journal of the …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
In polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) gas diffusion backings (GDBs) have a significant
effect on water management and cell performance. In this study, methods for characterizing …

A bi-functional micro-porous layer with composite carbon black for PEM fuel cells

X Wang, H Zhang, J Zhang, H Xu, X Zhu, J Chen… - Journal of Power …, 2006 - Elsevier
Micro-porous layers (MPLs) prepared with different carbon materials were investigated. By
the analysis of morphology, wettability and pore structure, the characteristics of each gas …

Development of a novel hydrophobic/hydrophilic double micro porous layer for use in a cathode gas diffusion layer in PEMFC

JH Chun, KT Park, DH Jo, JY Lee, SG Kim… - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this study, a gas diffusion layer (GDL) was modified to improve the water management
ability of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). We developed a novel …

Review in Applied Electrochemistry. Number 54 Recent Developments in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Electrodes

E Antolini - Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2004 - Springer
Since the 1980s there has been a significant lowering of the platinum loading of polymer
electrolyte fuel cell electrodes from about 4–10 mg cm− 2 (platinum black) to about 0.4 mg …

[HTML][HTML] Influence of the Teflon loading in the gas diffusion layer of PBI-based PEM fuel cells

J Lobato, P Cañizares, MA Rodrigo… - Journal of Applied …, 2008 - Springer
The influence of the PTFE content in commercial Toray graphite paper gas diffusion layer
(GDL) on the performance of a PBI-based polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) …