@article{30580,
  keywords = {Gas-diffusion layer, Polymer-electrolyte fuel cell, Mathematical modeling, Conformal mapping, Diffusion medium},
  author = {Adam Z Weber},
  title = {Effective diffusion-medium thickness for simplified polymer-electrolyte-fuel-cell modeling},
  abstract = {<p>In this manuscript, conformal mapping is applied to a rib/channel domain of a polymer-electrolyte-fuel-cell diffusion medium. The analysis leads to the calculation of an effective diffusion-medium thickness, which can subsequently be used in 1D simulations to account for the average rib/channel 2D geometric effect. Extensions of the analysis to anisotropic and multilayer diffusion media are also given. Both equations and figures show the impact on a given variable at the catalyst layer of having a combined conducting/nonconducting boundary across from it.</p>},
  year = {2008},
  journal = {Electrochimica Acta},
  volume = {54},
  pages = {311 - 315},
  month = {12/2008},
  issn = {00134686},
  doi = {10.1016/j.electacta.2008.07.084},
  language = {eng},
}