A comprehensive study of the effect of bipolar plate (BP) geometry design on the performance of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells

T Wilberforce, Z El Hassan, E Ogungbemi… - … and sustainable energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fuel cell efficiency is determined by many factors, including operational parameters such as
electrochemical kinetics, cell operating temperature, mass transport, flow rates and other …

Stainless steel bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Materials, flow channel design and forming processes

Y Leng, P Ming, D Yang, C Zhang - Journal of Power Sources, 2020 - Elsevier
Bipolar plate (BPP) is a key component for proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)
stack. Stainless steel BPPs possess high electrical and thermal conductivity, good gas …

A review of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Technology, applications, and needs on fundamental research

Y Wang, KS Chen, J Mishler, SC Cho, XC Adroher - Applied energy, 2011 - Elsevier
Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells, which convert the chemical energy stored in
hydrogen fuel directly and efficiently to electrical energy with water as the only byproduct …

Influence of geometric parameters of the flow fields on the performance of a PEM fuel cell. A review

AP Manso, FF Marzo, J Barranco, X Garikano… - International journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The proton Exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) performance depends not only on many
factors including the operation conditions, transport phenomena inside the cell and kinetics …

Channel to rib width ratio influence with various flow field designs on performance of PEM fuel cell

Y Kerkoub, A Benzaoui, F Haddad, YK Ziari - Energy Conversion and …, 2018 - Elsevier
A three dimensional (CFD) model is applied to investigate the effect of geometry designs
and dimensions of the flow field on the performance of PEM fuel cells with an area of 5.1× …

Gas diffusion layer for proton exchange membrane fuel cells—A review

L Cindrella, AM Kannan, JF Lin, K Saminathan… - Journal of Power …, 2009 - Elsevier
Gas diffusion layer (GDL) is one of the critical components acting both as the functional as
well as the support structure for membrane–electrode assembly in the proton exchange …

CFD investigation of the effect of flow field channel design based on constriction and enlargement configurations on PEMFC performance

O Brakni, Y Kerkoub, F Amrouche, A Mohammedi… - Fuel, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, a three-dimensional CFD, non-isothermal model was developed to identify an
optimal layout for key geometrical parameters of PEMFC flow field designs with constriction …

Performance evaluation of cathode channels with different cross-sections for open-cathode polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell stack

S Thapa, V Ganesh, H Agarwal, AK Sahu - Journal of Power Sources, 2024 - Elsevier
This study proposes six different cross-sectional cathode flow field designs such as square,
trapezoid, dome, boot, pentagon, and triangular constructing four cells open cathode …

Experimental optimization of parallel and interdigitated PEMFC flow-field channel geometry

NJ Cooper, T Smith, AD Santamaria, JW Park - international journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Flow field design remains an important research topic in the pursuit of higher energy density
and increased stability in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) systems. Many …

Effects of geometrical dimensions of flow channels of a large-active-area PEM fuel cell: A CFD study

E Carcadea, MS Ismail, DB Ingham, L Patularu… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Various flow field designs have been numerically investigated to evaluate the effect of
pattern and the cross-sectional dimensions of the channel on the performance of a large …