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Mesoscopic Modeling of Two-Phase Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

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Fuel cells, owing to their high energy efficiency, environmental friendliness and low noise, are widely considered as the twenty-first century energy-conversion devices for mobile, stationary and portable power. Among the different types of fuel cells, the polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) has emerged as a promising power source for a wide range of applications.

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Acknowledgements

PPM would like to thank V. P. Schulz, A. Wiegmann and J. Becker from Fraunhofer ITWM, Germany for collaboration with GDL microstructure generation. Financial support from NSF through grant No. 0609727, ECEC industrial sponsors and the Director’s Fellowship to PPM from Los Alamos National Laboratory LDRD Program is gratefully acknowledged.

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  2. Electrochemical Engine Center (ECEC), and Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 16802, USA

    Chao-Yang Wang

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Mukherjee, P.P., Wang, CY. (2009). Mesoscopic Modeling of Two-Phase Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells. In: Wang, CY., Pasaogullari, U. (eds) Modeling and Diagnostics of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells. Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-98068-3_8

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