Reviews on the effects of contaminations and research methodologies for PEMFC

Y Zhao, Y Mao, W Zhang, Y Tang, P Wang - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The purity of hydrogen seriously affects the performance and life of proton exchange
membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), indirectly affects the cost and becomes one of the bottlenecks …

[HTML][HTML] Recent development in degradation mechanisms of proton exchange membrane fuel cells for vehicle applications: Problems, progress, and perspectives

Z Liu, S Cai, Z Tu, SH Chan - Energy Storage and Saving, 2024 - Elsevier
Due to its zero emissions, high efficiency and low noise, proton exchange membrane fuel
cell (PEMFC) is full of potential for the application of vehicle power source. Nonetheless, its …

Exchange current density as an effective descriptor of poisoning of active sites in platinum group metal-free electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

VCA Ficca, C Santoro, E Placidi, F Arciprete… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is of primary importance for the direct and clean
conversion of energy in fuel cells, necessarily requiring an electrocatalyst to be exploited. At …

[HTML][HTML] Review on mechanisms and recovery procedures for reversible performance losses in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

J Mitzel, Q Zhang, P Gazdzicki, KA Friedrich - Journal of Power Sources, 2021 - Elsevier
The recovery of performance losses in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells due to
reversible degradation phenomena is an important topic to enable high system efficiency …

Sulfur dioxide-resistant platinum-based intermetallic nanocatalysts encaged by porous nitrogen-doped carbon for oxygen reduction reaction

M Wang, L Cao, Z Liu, W Yang, S Sun, M Hou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
SO 2, one of the considerable air pollutants, exhibits a stronger binding affinity with Pt when
compared to O 2, thereby inducing irreversible degradation of the Oxygen Reduction …

Real-time detection of flooding in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells using high-frequency electrochemical impedance

H Choi, H Jang, J Kim, O Kwon, H Yoo, H Cha… - Journal of Power …, 2023 - Elsevier
Water management is essential to achieve guaranteed performance and durability of
polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), and to this end, accurate prognostics …

High-performance polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells with nanoporous carbon nanotube layer in low humidity condition

J Kim, O Kwon, H Yoo, H Choi, H Cha, H Kim… - Journal of Power …, 2022 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNT) based nanoporous layer contacting the catalyst layer in polymer
electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) is investigated. Nanoporous CNT-5, CNT-15, and …

Study of degradation and spatial performance of low Pt-loaded proton exchange membrane fuel cells under exposure to sulfur dioxide in an oxidant stream

T Reshetenko, V Laue, U Krewer… - Journal of Power Sources, 2020 - Elsevier
Sulfur dioxide is a common air pollutant that has an adverse impact on proton exchange
membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The present study reports the spatial performance and …

Spatial imaging of catalyst poisoning with SO 2 on Pt/C PEFC electrocatalyst by operando Pt L III-edge XAFS-CT imaging

H Matsui, K Sato, N Isobe, G Samjeské… - Catalysis Science & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Sulfur dioxide (SO2), which is one of the air contaminants, causes drastic power loss of Pt
electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). Herein, we report spatial imaging …

Sensitivity analyses on the impact of air contaminants on automotive fuel cells

U Misz, A Talke, A Heinzel, G Konrad - Fuel Cells, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
It is known that traffic related air contaminants cause power loss, decreasing lifetime or a
complete failure of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). Therefore, the present …