Journal
ENERGY
Volume 120, Issue -, Pages 478-487Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2016.11.100
Keywords
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Gas diffusion layer; Water removal; Porosity; Hydrophobicity; Contact angle
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- Brain Korea 21 Plus Project of Seoul National University [F14SN02D1310]
- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning [2013R1A2A1A01014589]
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2013R1A2A1A01014589, 2016R1A2A1A05005510] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Since flooding is a limiting factor of cell performance in a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), it is important to remove produced water effectively from GDL. In this study, a multi-layer GDL containing single micro porous layer (MPL) and double gas diffusion backing layer (GDBL) was introduced as a practical design and the effect of porosity and/or hydrophobicity of GDBL on water removal was investigated with one-dimensional steady-state model based on a capillary pressure saturation relationship. The results shows that double GDBL with different porosity in a positive direction (GDBL with lower porosity near the MPL and GDBL with higher porosity near the flow channel) and/or different hydrophobicity in a negative direction (more hydrophobic GDBL near the MPL and less hydrophobic GDBL near the flow channel) enhances the water removal ability of the GDL compared with uniform single GDBL. Based on the results, the property arrangements of double GDBL were optimized to minimize the amount of liquid water remaining in GDL. It is expected that the amount of produced water remaining in ML-GDL can be reduced about 9.2% with optimized porosity arrangement and 5.6% with optimized hydrophobicity arrangement. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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