期刊
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
卷 292, 期 -, 页码 39-48出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.05.028
关键词
Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell; Water management; Gas diffusion media; Gas diffusion layer; PTFE loading; Flooding
资金
- Federal Transit Administration at the Center for Fuel Cell Research at the University of Delaware
Water management is an important consideration to improve the performance of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Reactant gases are supplied to the catalyst layer through gas diffusion media (GDM) in PEMFCs. Under high current draw conditions, the GDM can flood with liquid water which is detrimental to fuel cell operation. In this paper, we investigate the effectiveness of a double-layer GDM with different polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) loadings to mitigate saturation with liquid water under flooding conditions. We developed a numerical model to predict the saturation field in the double-layer GDM, and showed that the overall saturation level is decreased when the layer with higher FIFE loading is placed adjacent to the catalyst layer. It was found that the interface between the two GDM layers plays a significant role in regulating the saturation level by lowering the driving saturation level for water transport inside the GDM. The numerical predictions of the model were validated by conducting experiments with the double-layer GDM which showed a higher limiting current density and more stable performance, thereby confirming that the new GDM architecture can improve water management in PEMFCs. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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