Electrochemical impedance investigation of flooding in micro-flow channels for proton exchange membrane fuel cells
A study is made of the transport phenomena related to fluid flow through proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) that have micro-channels. Specifically, transport is investigated in channels of 100 μm and smaller, which are constructed using a structural photopolymer (SU-8). It has been suggest...
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Published in | Journal of power sources Vol. 161; no. 1; pp. 138 - 142 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Lausanne
Elsevier B.V
20.10.2006
Elsevier Sequoia |
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Summary: | A study is made of the transport phenomena related to fluid flow through proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) that have micro-channels. Specifically, transport is investigated in channels of 100
μm and smaller, which are constructed using a structural photopolymer (SU-8). It has been suggested by other workers that fuel cell micro-channels may suffer from flooding if flow channels are too small (<100
μm). In order to confirm or reject this hypothesis, the electrochemical impedance technique has been employed to measure the mass transfer resistance. In smaller channels, mass transportation resistance is found to increase due to flooding, but that this effect may be offset by a reduction in dead zone area. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-1 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0378-7753 1873-2755 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2006.04.123 |