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Investigation of Water Transport in Newly Developed Micro Porous Layers for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

  • Alrwashdeh, Saad S. (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin) ;
  • Markotter, Henning (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin) ;
  • Haussmann, Jan (Zentrum fur Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden Wurttemberg (ZSW)) ;
  • Hilger, Andre (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin) ;
  • Klages, Merle (Zentrum fur Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden Wurttemberg (ZSW)) ;
  • Muller, Bernd R. (BAM Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und - Prufung) ;
  • Kupsch, Andreas (BAM Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und - Prufung) ;
  • Riesemeier, Heinrich (BAM Bundesanstalt fur Materialforschung und - Prufung) ;
  • Scholta, Joachim (Zentrum fur Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden Wurttemberg (ZSW)) ;
  • Manke, Ingo (Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin)
  • Received : 2017.06.07
  • Accepted : 2017.08.08
  • Published : 2017.09.30
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Abstract

In this investigation, synchrotron X-ray imaging was used to investigate the water distribution inside newly developed gas diffusion media in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. In-situ radiography was used to reveal the relationship between the structure of the microporous layer (MPL) and the water flow in a newly developed MPL equipped with randomly arranged holes. A strong influence of these holes on the overall water transport was found. This contribution provides a brief overview to some of our recent activities on this research field.

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