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http://dx.doi.org/10.7316/khnes.2011.22.6.842

Analysis for Performance Deviation of Individual Cells in a Multi-Cell Test System for Rapid-Screening of Electrode Materials in PEMFCs  

Zhang, Yan (Department of Nano & Chemical Engineering, Kunsan National University)
Lee, Ji-Jung (Fuel Cell Regional Innovation Center, Woosuk University)
Park, Gyung-Se (Department of Chemistry, Kunsan National University)
Lee, Hong-Ki (Fuel Cell Regional Innovation Center, Woosuk University)
Shim, Joong-Pyo (Department of Nano & Chemical Engineering, Kunsan National University)
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Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society / v.22, no.6, 2011 , pp. 842-851 More about this Journal
Abstract
A multi-cell test system with 25 independent cells is used to test different electrode materials simultaneously for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). Twenty-five segmented membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) having the same or different Pt-loading are prepared to analyze the performance deviation of cells in the multi-cell test system. Improvements in the multi-cell test system are made by ensuring that the system performs voltage sensing for the cells individually and inserting optimum gaskets between the MEAs and the graphite plates. The cell performances are improved and their deviations are significantly decreased by these modifications. The performance deviations changed according to various cell configurations because the operating conditions of the cells, such as the gas flow and concentration, differed. This cell system can be used to test multiple electrodes simultaneously because it shows relatively uniform performance under the same conditions as well as linear correlation with various catalyst loadings.
Keywords
Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell; Membrane electrode assembly; Combinatorial chemistry; Multi-cell; cell performance;
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