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Enhanced mechanical and electrochemical durability of multistage PTFE treated gas diffusion layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

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In this article, the impact of multistage PTFE treatment on the mechanical and electrochemical durability of GDLs used in PEMFCs is reported, and the results indicate that there is a change in surface morphology, pore size distribution, and hydrophobicity of the GDL samples depending on the treatment route adopted.
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This article is published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.The article was published on 2012-07-01. It has received 43 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Proton exchange membrane fuel cell.

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A review of the gas diffusion layer in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Durability and degradation

TL;DR: In this article, the degradation of the gas diffusion layer can be divided into mechanical degradation, including the compression force effect, freeze/thaw cycle effect, dissolution effect and erosion effect, and chemical degradation, which consists of the carbon corrosion effect.
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A review of gas diffusion layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cells—With a focus on characteristics, characterization techniques, materials and designs

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focused on the insights and comprehensive understanding of three critical issues of the gas diffusion layer (GDL) of PEM fuel cells: morphological, microstructural, and physical characteristics, and ex-and in-situ characterization techniques for the determination of their effective transport and mechanical properties.
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Carbon corrosion mechanism and mitigation strategies in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC): A review

TL;DR: In this article, an overview of the causes and consequences of the carbon corrosion mechanism and summarizes the corresponding mitigation strategies for various operating conditions is presented. But the authors do not consider the impact of carbon corrosion on the performance of the PEMFC after longterm operation.
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Impact of PTFE distribution on the removal of liquid water from a PEMFC electrode by lattice Boltzmann method

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of PTFE distribution on the removal of water droplets from a gas diffusion layer (GDL) was investigated using Lattice Boltzmann method (LBM).
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A review of water flooding issues in the proton exchange membrane fuel cell

TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed more than 100 references related to water management in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells, with a particular focus on the issue of water flooding, its diagnosis and mitigation.
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Characterization of Vulcan Electrochemically Oxidized under Simulated PEM Fuel Cell Conditions

TL;DR: In this paper, surface oxidation of a carbon black commonly used in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells was studied following potentiostatic treatments up to 120 h at potentials from 0.6 to 1.2 V at room temperature and 65°C.
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Effects of hydrophobic polymer content in GDL on power performance of a PEM fuel cell

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of hydrophobic polymer content within a carbon paper, used as the cathode gas diffusion layer (GDL), on power performance of a H2/air proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) have been studied.
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Effect of PTFE contents in the gas diffusion media on the performance of PEMFC

TL;DR: In this paper, the behavior of water in the gas diffusion layers of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) was investigated analytically, and the performance curves of single cells were compared and analyzed with respect to water transportation in the GDM.
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