@inproceedings{c9226117965f4982b2e9678e33565044,
title = "Pore Network Modeling of Hydrophilic / Hydrophobic Composite Microporous Layers for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells",
abstract = "Liquid water accumulated in the catalyst layer (CL) and gas diffusion layer (GDL) of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC, PEMFC) results in performance deterioration due to the inhibition of oxygen transport to the cathode CL (Flooding). To enhance the drainage in the GDL, a microporous layer (MPL) employed at the CL side of the GDL substrate is effective. Hydrophilic/hydrophobic composite MPLs in-house applied have mitigated the flooding, while the mechanism was not well clarified. A pore network model (PNM) of our in-house hydrophobic MPLs is modified for the analysis of the composite MPL. ",
author = "Shintaro Iwasaki and Hironori Nakajima and Tatsumi Kitahara",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 ECS - The Electrochemical Society.; 240th ECS Meeting ; Conference date: 10-10-2021 Through 14-10-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1149/10408.0157ecst",
language = "English",
series = "ECS Transactions",
publisher = "IOP Publishing Ltd.",
number = "8",
pages = "157--160",
booktitle = "240th ECS Meeting - Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers 21 (PEFC and E 21)",
address = "United Kingdom",
edition = "8",
}