Analytical modeling framework for performance degradation of PEM fuel cells during startup-shutdown cycles.

ABSTRACT: Startup-shutdown cycling is one of the main factors that contribute to fuel cell deterioration related to high cathode potential. In this study, a coupled model with the carbon corrosion model and agglomerate model of the cathode catalyst layer is built to predict performance degradation during startup-shutdown cycles. The carbon corrosion model calculates the carbon loading loss through the rate equations and material balance expressions of seven reactions, while the agglomerate model describes the catalyst layer performance according to the computed structural parameters. A set of operational and structural parametric studies are used to investigate their effects on initial performance and voltage degradation rate. The maximum voltage of the cyclic load is found to have a greater influen

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9048716 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature