A Novel Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell for Laboratory Investigations and in-situ Contact Resistance Measurements

  • Jari Ihonen
  • , Frederic Jaouen
  • , G. Lindbergh
  • , Göran Sundholm

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    Abstract

    A novel polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell and assembly was developed for laboratory investigations. In this cell a simultaneous measurement of clamping pressure and contact resistances is possible. In the study presented this paper, the cell was utilised in in-situ contact resistance measurements of unplated and plated stainless steel (type 316). These contact resistances were studied in situ as a function of time, clamping pressure, gas pressure and current density. Ex-situ measurements were used to validate the in-situ contact resistance measurements. The validity and error sources of the applied in-situ measurement method were studied using both computer simulations and experiments. © 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2899-2911
    JournalElectrochimica Acta
    Volume46
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2001
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Keywords

    • fuel cell

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