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Decrease of PEMFC Performance by SO2 in Air  

Lee, Ho (Department of Chemical Engineering, Sunchon National University)
Song, Jinhoon (Department of Chemical Engineering, Sunchon National University)
Kim, Kijoong (Department of Chemical Engineering, Sunchon National University)
Kim, Saehoon (HMC Eco Technology Research Institute)
Ahn, Byungki (HMC Eco Technology Research Institute)
Lim, Taewon (HMC Eco Technology Research Institute)
Park, Kwonpil (Department of Chemical Engineering, Sunchon National University)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.48, no.3, 2010 , pp. 311-315 More about this Journal
Abstract
The effects of $SO_2$ on the performance of proton exchange membrane(PEMFC) were investigated by introduction air containing $SO_2$ into cathode inlet of PEMFC. And the recovery of the cell performance by applying clean air, cycle voltammetry(CV) and high voltage holding following exposure contaminated air was studied. The $SO_2$ concentration range used in the experiments was from 20 ppb to 1.3 ppm. The performance degradation and recovery were measured by constant-current discharging, I-V polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS). The cell voltage gradually decayed with time and decreased by 17 mV after 200 hours of 20 ppb $SO_2$ injection. The cell performance can be recovered partially by clean air flushing, CV and high voltage holding due to desorption of S from Pt catalyst.
Keywords
PEMFC; $SO_2$; Contamination; Degradation; Adsorption; Performance Recovery;
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