Cerium migration during PEM fuel cell assembly and operation
Abstract
Cerium migration between PEM fuel cell components is influenced by potential-driven mobility, ionic diffusion, and gradients in water content. These factors were investigated in ex situ experiments and in operating fuel cells. Potential-induced migration was measured ex situ in hydrated window cells. Cerium-containing MEAs were also fabricated and tested under ASTs. MEA disassembly and subsequent XRF analysis were used to observe rapid cerium migration during cell assembly and operation. During MEA hot pressing, humidification, and low RH operation at OCV, ionic diffusion causes uniform migration from the membrane into the catalyst layers. During high RH operation at OCV, in-plane cerium gradients arise due to variations in water content. These gradients may diminish the scavenging efficacy of cerium by reducing its proximity to generated radicals.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1234248
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-15-25324
Journal ID: ISSN 1938-6737
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ECS Transactions (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: ECS Transactions (Online); Journal Volume: 69; Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 1938-6737
- Publisher:
- Electrochemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 08 HYDROGEN; Energy Sciences; Fuel Cell
Citation Formats
Baker, Andrew M., Torraco, Dennis, Judge, Elizabeth J., Spernjak, Dusan, Mukundan, Rangachary, Borup, Rod L., Advani, Suresh G., and Prasad, Ajay K. Cerium migration during PEM fuel cell assembly and operation. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1149/06917.1009ecst.
Baker, Andrew M., Torraco, Dennis, Judge, Elizabeth J., Spernjak, Dusan, Mukundan, Rangachary, Borup, Rod L., Advani, Suresh G., & Prasad, Ajay K. Cerium migration during PEM fuel cell assembly and operation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/06917.1009ecst
Baker, Andrew M., Torraco, Dennis, Judge, Elizabeth J., Spernjak, Dusan, Mukundan, Rangachary, Borup, Rod L., Advani, Suresh G., and Prasad, Ajay K. Mon .
"Cerium migration during PEM fuel cell assembly and operation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/06917.1009ecst. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1234248.
@article{osti_1234248,
title = {Cerium migration during PEM fuel cell assembly and operation},
author = {Baker, Andrew M. and Torraco, Dennis and Judge, Elizabeth J. and Spernjak, Dusan and Mukundan, Rangachary and Borup, Rod L. and Advani, Suresh G. and Prasad, Ajay K.},
abstractNote = {Cerium migration between PEM fuel cell components is influenced by potential-driven mobility, ionic diffusion, and gradients in water content. These factors were investigated in ex situ experiments and in operating fuel cells. Potential-induced migration was measured ex situ in hydrated window cells. Cerium-containing MEAs were also fabricated and tested under ASTs. MEA disassembly and subsequent XRF analysis were used to observe rapid cerium migration during cell assembly and operation. During MEA hot pressing, humidification, and low RH operation at OCV, ionic diffusion causes uniform migration from the membrane into the catalyst layers. During high RH operation at OCV, in-plane cerium gradients arise due to variations in water content. These gradients may diminish the scavenging efficacy of cerium by reducing its proximity to generated radicals.},
doi = {10.1149/06917.1009ecst},
journal = {ECS Transactions (Online)},
number = 17,
volume = 69,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Sep 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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