Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5149250 | Journal of Power Sources | 2017 | 14 Pages |
Abstract
The water level in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) affects the durability as is seen from the degradation processes during operation a PEMFC with fully- and nonhumidified gas streams as analyzed using an in-situ segmented cell for local current density measurements during a 300Â h test operating under constant conditions and using ex situ SEM/EDX and XPS post-test analysis of specific regions. The impact of the RH on spatial distribution of the degradation process results from different water distribution giving different chemical environments. Under nonhumidified gas streams, the cathode inlet region exhibits increased degradation, whereas with fully humidified gases the bottom of the cell had the higher performance losses. The degradation and the degree of reversibility produced by Pt dissolution, PTFE defluorination, and contaminants such as silicon (Si) and nickel (Ni) were locally evaluated.
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Authors
Daniel G. Sanchez, Tiziana Ruiu, Indro Biswas, Mathias Schulze, Stefan Helmly, K. Andreas Friedrich,