Bipolar-interface fuel cells – an underestimated membrane electrode assembly concept for PGM-free ORR catalysts

Membrane Electrode Assembly (mea) Design for Power Density Enhancement of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (dmfcs)

Evaluating the interfacial reaction kinetics of the bipolar membrane interface in the bipolar membrane fuel cell.

A reaction kinetic model of the bipolar membrane interface in the bipolar membrane fuel cell (BPMFC) was proposed based on the p-n junction theory and chemical reaction kinetics. It verified the self-humidification feasibility of the BPMFC successfully.

Nuclear magnetic resonance microimaging investigation of membrane electrode assembly of fuel cells: morphology and solvent dynamics.

The structure and solvent (water, methanol, etc.) dynamics of a number of fuel membrane electrode assembly (MEA) samples are studied with nuclear magnetic resonance microimaging with spatial resolution of tens of micrometers. The micrometer-scale inhomogeneity of the samples is observed and confirmed with various weighting methods. In particular, diffusion coefficients at different positions in...

Nanostructured Catalysts for Fuel Cells

Progress Report and Future Directions The fuel cell research cluster began with the DOE EPSCoR implementation grant “Fuel Cells: A Mobile Energy Source for the 21 Century” in July of 2001. The focus of this research was developing new and improved materials for hydrogen production and PEM fuel cells. Building on the major successes of this project, we proposed and were granted a renewed impleme...

The effect of vertical injection of reactants to the membrane electrode assembly on the performance of a PEM fuel cell

In order to present a new and high performance structure of PEM fuel cell and study the influence of the flow direction and distribution on the rate of reactants diffusion, three novel models of vertical reactant flow injection into the anode and cathode reaction area field have been introduced. They consist of one inlet and two inlets and also a continuous channel. The governing equations on t...