Mesoscopic analyses of the impact of morphology and operating conditions on the transport resistances in a proton-exchange-membrane fuel-cell catalyst layer
Abstract
Exploring the origins of local transport resistance and characterizing the oxygen transport resistances in the catalyst layer ( R CL ) are critical for cost reduction.
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- School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
- Energy Conversion Group, Energy Technologies Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
- Key Laboratory of Thermo-Fluid Science and Engineering of MOE, School of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1630166
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Sustainable Energy & Fuels
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Sustainable Energy & Fuels Journal Volume: 4 Journal Issue: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2398-4902
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Language:
- English
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Mu, Yu-Tong, Weber, Adam Z., Gu, Zhao-Lin, Schuler, Tobias, and Tao, Wen-Quan. Mesoscopic analyses of the impact of morphology and operating conditions on the transport resistances in a proton-exchange-membrane fuel-cell catalyst layer. United Kingdom: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1039/D0SE00560F.
Mu, Yu-Tong, Weber, Adam Z., Gu, Zhao-Lin, Schuler, Tobias, & Tao, Wen-Quan. Mesoscopic analyses of the impact of morphology and operating conditions on the transport resistances in a proton-exchange-membrane fuel-cell catalyst layer. United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SE00560F
Mu, Yu-Tong, Weber, Adam Z., Gu, Zhao-Lin, Schuler, Tobias, and Tao, Wen-Quan. Tue .
"Mesoscopic analyses of the impact of morphology and operating conditions on the transport resistances in a proton-exchange-membrane fuel-cell catalyst layer". United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SE00560F.
@article{osti_1630166,
title = {Mesoscopic analyses of the impact of morphology and operating conditions on the transport resistances in a proton-exchange-membrane fuel-cell catalyst layer},
author = {Mu, Yu-Tong and Weber, Adam Z. and Gu, Zhao-Lin and Schuler, Tobias and Tao, Wen-Quan},
abstractNote = {Exploring the origins of local transport resistance and characterizing the oxygen transport resistances in the catalyst layer ( R CL ) are critical for cost reduction.},
doi = {10.1039/D0SE00560F},
journal = {Sustainable Energy & Fuels},
number = 7,
volume = 4,
place = {United Kingdom},
year = {Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}
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