Effect of Temperature on the Self-Humidifying Open-Cathode Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

Authors

Si-chen ZHAO, School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China;School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China;Follow
Ben WANG, School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China;
Qiu-hong JIA, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China;College of Mechanical Engineering, Chongqing University of Technology, Chongqing 400054, China;
Ming HAN, Clean Energy Research Center, Temasek Polytechnic, 529757, Singapore;
Yu-hong XIE, School of Electrical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu 610031, China;Clean Energy Research Center, Temasek Polytechnic, 529757, Singapore;

Corresponding Author

Si-chen ZHAO(253032409@qq.com)

Abstract

Based on the experiments about the output characteristics of a home-made temperature-controlled PEMFC system with atmospheric pressure and no external humidifying condition in different loading voltages and operating temperatures, the optimum operating temperature at different loading voltages can be obtained by tracking the output characteristics of PEMFC operating over a range of temperatures. By analyzing the fitted data the kinetic parameters are evaluated and the effect of different operating temperatures on the PEMFC performance is discussed from a view of electrode kinetics.

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Keywords

proton exchange membrane fuel cell, self-humidifying, optimum operating temperature, output characteristic curve, temperature control

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.13208/j.electrochem.130621

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Publication Date

2014-04-28

Online Available Date

2014-04-17

Revised Date

2013-08-09

Received Date

2013-06-21

Recommended Citation

Si-chen ZHAO, Ben WANG, Qiu-hong JIA, Ming HAN, Yu-hong XIE. Effect of Temperature on the Self-Humidifying Open-Cathode Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2014 , 20(2): 184-188.
DOI: 10.13208/j.electrochem.130621
Available at: https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol20/iss2/14