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Title: 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.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]
  1. School of Human Settlements and Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
  2. Energy Conversion Group, Energy Technologies Area, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA
  3. 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

Citation Formats

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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