Recent advances in heat and water management of forced-convection open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cells

S **ng, C Zhao, J Zou, S Zaman, Y Yu, H Gong… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
Forced-convection open-cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cells (FCOC-PEMFCs)
can directly use ambient air to supply oxygen and provide cooling without a complex air …

Progress on open cathode proton exchange membrane fuel cell: Performance, designs, challenges and future directions

JC Kurnia, BA Chaedir, AP Sasmito, T Shamim - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Fuel cell is considered as a promising candidate to replace internal combustion engine in
the future vehicles amid growing interest to lessen environment degradation due to fossil …

In situ and operando characterization of proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Q Meyer, Y Zeng, C Zhao - Advanced Materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
For proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) to become a mainstream energy
source, significant improvements in their performance, durability, and efficiency are …

Improvement of thermal and water management of air-cooled polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells by adding porous media into the cathode gas channel

M Peng, L Chen, R Zhang, W Xu, WQ Tao - Electrochimica acta, 2022 - Elsevier
In air-cooled polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), the contradiction between
cooling and water retention renders the improvement of cell performance really challenging …

A review of online electrochemical diagnostic methods of on-board proton exchange membrane fuel cells

X Zhang, T Zhang, H Chen, Y Cao - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
With the development of on-board proton exchange membrane fuel cells and their
commercial applications, the performance and durability of on-board proton exchange …

Innovative cathode flow-field design for passive air-cooled polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell stacks

J Lee, MH Gundu, N Lee, K Lim, SW Lee… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
A novel cathode flow-field design suitable for a passive air-cooled polymer electrolyte
membrane (PEM) fuel cell stack is proposed to enhance the water-retaining capability under …

Design and numerical analysis of air-cooled proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack for performance optimization

C Yin, Y Gao, K Li, D Wu, Y Song, H Tang - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is a promising electrical power source for the
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In this paper, a novel kW-scale air-cooled PEMFC stack …

Investigation of current density spatial distribution in PEM fuel cells using a comprehensively validated multi-phase non-isothermal model

G Zhang, J Wu, Y Wang, Y Yin, K Jiao - … Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, a three-dimensional (3D) multi-phase non-isothermal model of proton
exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is present to investigate the current density spatial …

Overall and local effects of operating parameters on water management and performance of open-cathode PEM fuel cells

Y Yang, H Jia, Z Liu, N Bai, X Zhang, T Cao, J Zhang… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Water management in open-cathode PEM fuel cells is challenging due to direct supply of
ambient air. In this contribution, the water transport mechanisms and local water distributions …

Challenges and opportunities for characterisation of high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: a review

A Zucconi, J Hack, R Stocker, TAM Suter… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
High-temperature (120–200° C) polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs) are
promising energy conversion devices that offer multiple advantages over the established …