TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of recent development
T2 - Transport and performance modeling of PEM fuel cells
AU - Wu, Horng Wen
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors greatly appreciate the grant of the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan, ROC , NSC 101-2221-E-006-018-MY3 .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/3/1
Y1 - 2016/3/1
N2 - This study reviews technical papers on transport and performance modeling of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells during the past few years. The PEM fuel cell is a promising alternative power source for various applications in stationary power plants, portable power device, and vehicles. PEM fuel cells provide low operating temperatures and high-energy efficiency with zero emissions. A PEM fuel cell is a multiple distinct parts device and a series of mass, momentum and energy transport through gas channels, electric current transport through membrane electrode assembly and electrochemical reactions at the triple-phase boundaries. These transport processes play crucial roles to determine electrochemical reactions and cell performance, so studies on the transport and performance modeling have been done deeply. This review shows how these modeling studies offer valid findings for transport and performance modeling of PEM fuel cells and recommendations that can be applied in enhancing transport processes for improving the cell performance.
AB - This study reviews technical papers on transport and performance modeling of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells during the past few years. The PEM fuel cell is a promising alternative power source for various applications in stationary power plants, portable power device, and vehicles. PEM fuel cells provide low operating temperatures and high-energy efficiency with zero emissions. A PEM fuel cell is a multiple distinct parts device and a series of mass, momentum and energy transport through gas channels, electric current transport through membrane electrode assembly and electrochemical reactions at the triple-phase boundaries. These transport processes play crucial roles to determine electrochemical reactions and cell performance, so studies on the transport and performance modeling have been done deeply. This review shows how these modeling studies offer valid findings for transport and performance modeling of PEM fuel cells and recommendations that can be applied in enhancing transport processes for improving the cell performance.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.12.075
DO - 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.12.075
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:84955621639
VL - 165
SP - 81
EP - 106
JO - Applied Energy
JF - Applied Energy
SN - 0306-2619
ER -
