Understanding porous water-transport plates in polymer-electrolyte fuel cells

Date Published
05/2007
Publication Type
Journal Article
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DOI
10.1016/j.jpowsour.2007.02.078
Abstract

In this article, numerical simulations are used to compare polymer-electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) with porous flow-field plates to cells with conventional solid plates. The model clarifies the role of the porous plates in humidifying dry reactant streams and managing liquid water. The influence of gas-diffusion-layer (GDL) and bipolar-plate properties and coolant vacuum on the behavior of the cell is investigated.

Journal
Journal of Power Sources
Volume
168
Year of Publication
2007
Number
1
Pagination
191-199
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