Facilitation of water management in low Pt loaded PEM fuel cell by creating hydrophobic microporous layer with PTFE, FEP and PDMS polymers: Effect of polymer and carbon amounts

• Published in: International journal of hydrogen energy Vol. 42; no. 33; pp. 21226 - 21249
• Main Authors: Öztürk, Ayşenur, Fıçıcılar, Berker, Eroğlu, İnci, Bayrakçeken Yurtcan, Ayşe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 17.08.2017
• Subjects: Hydrophobic material; Microporous layer; PEM fuel cell; Polydimethylsiloxane; Water management; Hydrophobic material; Microporous layer; Water management; Polydimethylsiloxane; PEM fuel cell

Microporous layers (MPLs) were prepared with different hydrophobic polymers to establish water management in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells. Besides conventionally used polymers polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) and fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP), two different molecular weights (M...