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dc.contributor.authorGostick, Jeffrey Thomas
dc.contributor.authorIoannidis, Marios A.
dc.contributor.authorPritzker, Mark D.
dc.contributor.authorFowler, Michael W.
dc.date.accessioned2018-01-10 19:47:33 (GMT)
dc.date.available2018-01-10 19:47:33 (GMT)
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.3291977
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10012/12833
dc.descriptionPublished by Electrochemical Society. Final version available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1149/1.3291977en
dc.description.abstractThe breakthrough conditions (capillary pressure and liquid water saturation) in a fibrous gas diffusion medium (GDM) used in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell electrodes have been studied experimentally by two independent techniques and numerically by pore network modeling. Experiments show that treatment of the GDMs with a hydrophobic polymer coating reduces the water saturation at a breakthrough by 50%. Invasion percolation modeling is employed to simulate the breakthrough process and to determine mass-transfer rates through the partially saturated network. This model shows that the water saturation at breakthrough is drastically reduced when a microporous layer (MPL) is incorporated into the GDM, agreeing with experiments. However, the simulations yield limiting currents significantly higher than those observed in practice whether or not an MPL is present. Further calculations to include the contribution of condensation to water saturation within the GDM also result in unrealistically high limiting currents and suggest that mass-transfer resistance in the catalyst layer that is not included in the model plays an important role. If condensation is the principal mode for water accumulation within the GDM, simulations show that the MPL has only a small impact on liquid water distribution and does not improve performance, contrary to expectation.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherElectrochemical Societyen
dc.subjectelectrochemical electrodesen
dc.subjecthydrophobicityen
dc.subjectmass transferen
dc.subjectpercolationen
dc.subjectproton exchange membrane fuel cellsen
dc.subjectwateren
dc.titleImpact of Liquid Water on Reactant Mass Transfer in PEM Fuel Cell Electrodesen
dc.typeArticleen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGostick, J. T., Ioannidis, M. A., Pritzker, M. D., & Fowler, M. W. (2010). Impact of Liquid Water on Reactant Mass Transfer in PEM Fuel Cell Electrodes. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 157(4), B563. https://doi.org/10.1149/1.3291977en
uws.contributor.affiliation1Faculty of Engineeringen
uws.contributor.affiliation2Chemical Engineeringen
uws.typeOfResourceTexten
uws.peerReviewStatusRevieweden
uws.scholarLevelFacultyen


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