Development of an oxygen mass transport coefficient measurement and separation method for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

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Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPolymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers 20 (PEFC & E 20)
PublisherCurran Associates Inc.
Pages153-162
Number of pages10
ISBN (print)978-160768904-1, 978-1-7138-1941-7
Publication statusPublished - 2020
EventPacific Rim Meeting on Electrochemical and Solid State Science 2020, PRiME 200 - Honolulu, United States
Duration: 4 Oct 20209 Oct 2020

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NameECS Transactions
PublisherElectrochemical Society, Inc.
Number9
Volume98
ISSN (Print)1938-5862

Abstract

In this work, we use a method to separate the total oxygen mass transport coefficient into molecular, Knudsen, and ionomer contributions. Therefore, limiting current density measurements are carried out as a function of the diluent gas (He, N2, CO2), temperature (30, 50, 80 °C), relative humidity (50, 75, 100 %), and oxygen concentration (1, 3, 5, 7 %) using state of the art membrane electrode assemblies with three platinum loadings (0.05, 0.1, 0.15 mg/cm2). As expected, the molecular diffusion coefficient is independent of the platinum loading, but increases with temperature to a varying degree depending on the humidity level. On the other hand, the Knudsen diffusion coefficient increases with increasing electrochemical active surface area and temperature, and with decreasing relative humidity. The separation procedure includes a novel feature to isolate the ionomer mass transport resistance. Its interpretation as well as the method's reliability are critically questioned using operating condition dependencies.

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Development of an oxygen mass transport coefficient measurement and separation method for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. / Buehre, Lena Viviane; Suermann, Michel; Bethune, Keith et al.
Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers 20 (PEFC & E 20). Curran Associates Inc., 2020. p. 153-162 (ECS Transactions; Vol. 98, No. 9).

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Buehre, LV, Suermann, M, Bethune, K, Bensmann, B, Hanke-Rauschenbach, R & St-Pierre, J 2020, Development of an oxygen mass transport coefficient measurement and separation method for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers 20 (PEFC & E 20). ECS Transactions, no. 9, vol. 98, Curran Associates Inc., pp. 153-162, Pacific Rim Meeting on Electrochemical and Solid State Science 2020, PRiME 200, Honolulu, United States, 4 Oct 2020. https://doi.org/10.1149/09809.0153ecst
Buehre, L. V., Suermann, M., Bethune, K., Bensmann, B., Hanke-Rauschenbach, R., & St-Pierre, J. (2020). Development of an oxygen mass transport coefficient measurement and separation method for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. In Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers 20 (PEFC & E 20) (pp. 153-162). (ECS Transactions; Vol. 98, No. 9). Curran Associates Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1149/09809.0153ecst
Buehre LV, Suermann M, Bethune K, Bensmann B, Hanke-Rauschenbach R, St-Pierre J. Development of an oxygen mass transport coefficient measurement and separation method for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. In Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers 20 (PEFC & E 20). Curran Associates Inc. 2020. p. 153-162. (ECS Transactions; 9). doi: 10.1149/09809.0153ecst
Buehre, Lena Viviane ; Suermann, Michel ; Bethune, Keith et al. / Development of an oxygen mass transport coefficient measurement and separation method for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells & Electrolyzers 20 (PEFC & E 20). Curran Associates Inc., 2020. pp. 153-162 (ECS Transactions; 9).
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