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Modeling Chemical Degradation of a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and its Impact on Fuel Cell Performance
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We present here an elementary kinetic model of the electrochemical phenomena occurring in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEFC). Chemical degradation of the Nafion® membrane is described through a combination of OH radical formation via Fenton's reaction and a radical mechanism of side chain decomposition. At the electrodes, the model is coupled to a description of the hydrogen oxidation reaction, the oxygen reduction reaction, and the hydrogen peroxide formation reaction at the anodic side. We establish a first feedback between the evolution of structural properties of the membrane and its transport parameters (i.e., proton conductivity) for a fully humidified fuel cell. We assess the influence of the chemical membrane degradation on the cell performance and on macroscopic properties of the membrane (i.e., sulfonate site concentration).
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“More recent works have correlated the extent of chemical degradation predicted from a mechanistically detailed Fenton reaction model to increased gas crossover and performance deterioration.”
From Modelling the Proton-Conductive Membrane in Practical Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC) Simulation: A Review (2020) · cites this paper as [188]
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“The principal approach is the definition of an ‘effective porosity’ for the membrane which varies with the concentrations of the membrane chemical moieties [188,189].”
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Dickinson, E. J. F., & Smith, G. (2020) · Membranes · doi:10.3390/membranes10110310 · Cited by 109
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- Authors
- Coulon, R., Bessler, W., & Franco, A. A.
- Affiliations
- Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (FR)
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. (DLR) (DE)
- Venue
- ECS Transactions
- Publisher
- The Electrochemical Society
- Published
- 2010-04-16
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 35
- Pages
- 259-273
- ISSN
- 1938-5862 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-6737
- OpenAlex
- W1981924464
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 5 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 2.18
- Type
- conference paper
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
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- ECS Transactions (publishedVersion)
- elib (German Aerospace Center) (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- European Commission
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Electrical and Electronic Engineering › Fuel Cells and Related Materials
- Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Materials Chemistry › Advancements in Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
- Physical Sciences › Energy › Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment › Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
- Keywords
- proton exchange membrane fuel cells, chemical degradation, Fenton reaction, hydroxyl radicals, hydrogen oxidation, oxygen reduction reaction, hydrogen peroxide production, proton conductivity, fuel cell performance, kinetic modeling, membrane transport properties
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