@inproceedings{b8c2da1065eb4f7c9d835c8a7aad5e78,
title = "Gas diffusion media and NACL contamination of polymer electrolyte fuel cells for marine applications",
abstract = "The application of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) for marine vessels will be an effective means of reducing the environmental impact and solving energy crisis problems. The diagnosis of abnormal operational conditions is an important aspect of improving the reliability and durability of marine PEFCs, and helps to ensure long-term safe and stable operation. The present work investigates the effect of abnormal variations in the relative humidity of supplied gases on the resistance values in the equivalent circuit model using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis. An appropriate microporous layer coated gas diffusion layer is evaluated to enhance the cell performance under both low and high humidity conditions. The effect of sea salt (NaCl) contamination in the cathode air on the cell performance is also evaluated. Injecting distilled water after the initial detection of performance degradation due to NaCl contamination is effective at recovering the cell performance.",
author = "T. Kitahara and H. Nakajima",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP17H03497. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Electrochemical Society Inc.. All rights reserved.; Symposium on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers 18, PEFC and E 2018 - AiMES 2018, ECS and SMEQ Joint International Meeting ; Conference date: 30-09-2018 Through 04-10-2018",
year = "2018",
doi = "10.1149/08613.0271ecst",
language = "English",
series = "ECS Transactions",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
number = "13",
pages = "271--279",
editor = "D.J. Jones and H. Gasteiger and H. Uchida and T.J. Schmidt and F. Buechi and K.E. Swider-Lyons and B.S. Pivovar and P.N. Pintauro and V.K. Ramani and J.M. Fenton and P. Strasser and K.E. Ayers and A.Z. Weber and T.F. Fuller and R.A. Mantz and H. Xu and C. Coutanceau and S. Mitsushima and S. Narayan and P. Shirvanian and Y.-T. Kim and Y. Gochi-Ponce",
booktitle = "ECS Transactions",
address = "United Kingdom",
edition = "13",
}