Examining the mass transport resistance of porous transport layers at the rib/channel scale in polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyzers: Modeling and design

García-Salaberri, Pablo A.; Lang, Jack Todd; Chang, Hung-Ming; Firas, Nausir; Shazhad, Hasan; Zenyuk, Iryna V.

doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2025.126889

Examining the mass transport resistance of porous transport layers at the rib/channel scale in polymer electrolyte membrane water electrolyzers: Modeling and design

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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2025.126889· OSTI ID:2562693

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