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Title: Effective diffusivity in partially-saturated carbon-fiber gas diffusion layers: Effect of through-plane saturation distribution

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USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Transportation Office. Fuel Cell Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1244144
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DE–AC02–05CH11231
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Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer
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Journal Name: International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer Journal Volume: 86 Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0017-9310
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Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
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English

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García-Salaberri, Pablo A., Hwang, Gisuk, Vera, Marcos, Weber, Adam Z., and Gostick, Jeff T. Effective diffusivity in partially-saturated carbon-fiber gas diffusion layers: Effect of through-plane saturation distribution. United Kingdom: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2015.02.073.
García-Salaberri, Pablo A., Hwang, Gisuk, Vera, Marcos, Weber, Adam Z., & Gostick, Jeff T. Effective diffusivity in partially-saturated carbon-fiber gas diffusion layers: Effect of through-plane saturation distribution. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2015.02.073
García-Salaberri, Pablo A., Hwang, Gisuk, Vera, Marcos, Weber, Adam Z., and Gostick, Jeff T. Wed . "Effective diffusivity in partially-saturated carbon-fiber gas diffusion layers: Effect of through-plane saturation distribution". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2015.02.073.
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