Thermal management of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: A review of cooling methods, material properties, and durability

Chen, Qin; Zhang, Guobin; Zhang, Xuzhong; Sun, Cheng; Jiao, Kui; Wang, Yun

doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2021.116496

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“…Nowadays, various electrochemical reactions have been investigated in the direct conversion of chemical energy into electricity, in the context of fuel cells. These fuel cells have recently experienced great progress in their application for the production of electric vehicles [100,101]. Indeed, direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) have shown great potential in various energy applications, due to their energy conversion performance, high fuel portability, and eco-friendly aspects [102][103][104].…”

Section: Solar and Fuel Cells As An Energy Production Application Of ...mentioning

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Recent Advances in Functional Polymer Materials for Energy, Water, and Biomedical Applications: A Review

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Academic research regarding polymeric materials has been of great interest. Likewise, polymer industries are considered as the most familiar petrochemical industries. Despite the valuable and continuous advancements in various polymeric material technologies over the last century, many varieties and advances related to the field of polymer science and engineering still promise a great potential for exciting new applications. Research, development, and industrial support have been the key factors behind the great progress in the field of polymer applications. This work provides insight into the recent energy applications of polymers, including energy storage and production. The study of polymeric materials in the field of enhanced oil recovery and water treatment technologies will be presented and evaluated. In addition, in this review, we wish to emphasize the great importance of various functional polymers as effective adsorbents of organic pollutants from industrial wastewater. Furthermore, recent advances in biomedical applications are reviewed and discussed.

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Recent Advances in Functional Polymer Materials for Energy, Water, and Biomedical Applications: A Review

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“…[75][76][77] Bioinspired flow field patterns due to their branching networks or porous structures provide large surface areas functioning as heat sinks to avoid localized hotspot formations. [78][79][80] Several researchers studied the bioinspired-based flow field design, including leaf vein and lung-based structures, through CFD simulations for PEMFCs. These studies report an overall improvement in performance, uniformity in gas flow distribution, as well as easy removal of excess products for the biomimetic designs compared with the conventional FFPs.…”

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“…This effect leads to evaporation of water at hotter sites, releasing the latent heat of evaporation and water condensation at colder sites collectively termed “heat pipe effect.” [ 75–77 ] Bioinspired flow field patterns due to their branching networks or porous structures provide large surface areas functioning as heat sinks to avoid localized hotspot formations. [ 78–80 ]…”

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A Review on Bioinspired Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell: Design and Materials

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“…Nonetheless, aside from these advantages, Nafion membranes still have several shortcomings, including the high-cost of its materials, intense methanol crossover, and a severely decreased proton conductivity under low humidity conditions [ 1 ]. Moreover, the operation of PEMFC with the use of Nafion membrane was limited to low operating temperature (≈80 °C) [ 2 , 3 ]. Permanent hydration and gas humidification were needed to ensure high proton conductivity [ 4 ].…”

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Hybrid Composite Membrane of Phosphorylated Chitosan/Poly (Vinyl Alcohol)/Silica as a Proton Exchange Membrane

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Chitosan is one of the natural biopolymers that has been studied as an alternative material to replace Nafion membranes as proton change membranes. Nevertheless, unmodified chitosan membranes have limitations including low proton conductivity and mechanical stability. The aim of this work is to study the effect of modifying chitosan through polymer blending with different compositions and the addition of inorganic filler on the microstructure and physical properties of N-methylene phosphonic chitosan/poly (vinyl alcohol) (NMPC/PVA) composite membranes. In this work, the NMPC biopolymer and PVA polymer are used as host polymers to produce NMPC/PVA composite membranes with different compositions (30–70% NMPC content). Increasing NMPC content in the membranes increases their proton conductivity, and as NMPC/PVA-50 composite membrane demonstrates the highest conductivity (8.76 × 10−5 S cm−1 at room temperature), it is chosen to be the base membrane for modification by adding hygroscopic silicon dioxide (SiO2) filler into its membrane matrix. The loading of SiO2 filler is varied (0.5–10 wt.%) to study the influence of filler concentration on temperature-dependent proton conductivity of membranes. NMPC/PVA-SiO2 (4 wt.%) exhibits the highest proton conductivity of 5.08 × 10−4 S cm−1 at 100 °C. In conclusion, the study shows that chitosan can be modified to produce proton exchange membranes that demonstrate enhanced properties and performance with the addition of PVA and SiO2.

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Thermal management of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: A review of cooling methods, material properties, and durability

Cited by 140 publications

References 170 publications

Recent Advances in Functional Polymer Materials for Energy, Water, and Biomedical Applications: A Review

Recent Advances in Functional Polymer Materials for Energy, Water, and Biomedical Applications: A Review

A Review on Bioinspired Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell: Design and Materials

Hybrid Composite Membrane of Phosphorylated Chitosan/Poly (Vinyl Alcohol)/Silica as a Proton Exchange Membrane

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