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Measurement of through-plane effective thermal conductivity and contact resistance in PEM fuel cell diffusion media

Author(s): G. Karimi, P. Teertstra, X. Li

A study of the through-plane thermal conductivity of various gas diffusion layer materials (GDL) and the thermal contact resistance between the GDL and an electrolytic iron surface as a function ...

Keywords: electrolytic iron surface, experimental measurements, gas diffusion layer (GDL), GHF, Guarded heat flow meter, PEM fuel cell, proton exchange membrane, Thermal Conductivity, thermal contact resistance, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity

Direct measurement of through-plane thermal conductivity and contact resistance in fuel cell materials

Author(s): M. M. Mench, Manish Khandelwal

The through-plane thermal conductivity of many components of a fuel cell, dry Nafion®, various diffusion medias and catalyst layers are studied. The thermal contact resistance between the diffusion media and ...

Keywords: catalyst layer, diffusion media, dry nafion, Fuel cells, GHF, Guarded heat flow meter, Nafion membrane, polymers, thermal contact resistance, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity, Toray carbon fiber paper

Thermal conductivity of catalyst layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Part 1 – Experimental study

Author(s): Jürgen Stumper, Madhu S. Saha, Majid Bahrami, Mickey Tam, Mohammad Ahadi

In this paper, a new method is proposed for measuring the through plane thermal conductivity of two catalyst layers of different thicknesses by the guarded heat flow meter (GHF) method, ...

Keywords: catalyst layer, GHF, Guarded heat flow meter, membrane fuel cell, Polymer electrolyte, Thermal Conductivity, thermal contact resistance, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity, TPS, Transient Plane Source

Thermal and electrical conductivity enhancement of graphite nanoplatelets on form-stable polyethylene glycol/polymethyl methacrylate composite phase change materials

Author(s): Jiaoqun Zhu, Jun Wang, Lei Zhang, Weibing Zhou, Yan Wang

Graphite nano-platelets (GnPs) were dispersed in polyethylene glycol (PEG)/polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) to form a PEG/PMMA/GnPs composite organic form-stable phase change material. The effects of the incorporation of ...

Keywords: Compressive Strength, differential scanning calorimeter, Differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), DSC, Electrical Conductivity, FE-SEM, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy, Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE-SEM), Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), FT-IR, graphite, pcms, phase change materials, Polymer composites, Thermal Conductivity, thermal constant analyzer, Thermogravimetry, transient plane source method, X-ray Diffraction, X-ray diffraction (XRD), XRD

Thermal conductivity models for carbon/liquid crystal polymer composites

Author(s): Bridget Zimny, Jason M. Keith, Julia A. King, Kara M. Lenhart

Various polyacrylonitrile carbon fillers (Ketjenblack carbon black, Thermocarb synthetic graphite, Fortafil 243 carbon fiber, and Panex 30 carbon fiber) were added to a thermoplastic matrix in the hopes of generating a thermally ...

Keywords: Fillers, fuel cell, graphite, In-Plane Thermal Conductivity, LCPs, Liquid-Crystalline Polymers, Liquid-Crystalline Polymers (LCPs), Nielsen Model, Polyacrylonitrile Carbon, Polymer composites, resin, Thermoplastic Matrix, Through-Plane Thermal Conductivity

Electrical and thermal conductivities of novel metal mesh hybrid polymer composite bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Author(s): Min-Chien Hsiao

A novel technique was used in this research article, to introduce a hybrid mesh to a polymer composite within bipolar plates, for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The mesh ...

Keywords: aluminum, Bipolar plate, Bipolar Plates, Carbon nanotubes, CNTs, Copper, current, density, Electrical Conductivity, fuel cell, Fuel cells, graphite, Hybrid, in plane, Metal mesh, modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes, modified multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), MWCNTs, polarization curves, Polymer composites, powder, power, Proton exchange, Thermal Conductivity, Transport propereties

Effects of carbon fillers in thermally conductive polypropylene based resins

Author(s): B. A. Johnson, C. J. Ciarkowski, J. A. King, M. D. Via

Researchers have determined the potential of increasing the thermal conductivity of insulating polymers by adding conductive fillers. One common application this may be used for, is fuel cell bipolar plates. ...

Keywords: black carbon, Carbon nanotubes, cell bipolar plates, CNTs, conductive, Fillers, fractorial design, fuel, fuel cell, graphite, insulating polymers, Polymer composites, polypropylene, resin, synthetic graphite particles, Thermal Conductivity

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Measurement of through-plane effective thermal conductivity and contact resistance in PEM fuel cell diffusion media

Direct measurement of through-plane thermal conductivity and contact resistance in fuel cell materials

Thermal conductivity of catalyst layer of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells: Part 1 – Experimental study

Thermal and electrical conductivity enhancement of graphite nanoplatelets on form-stable polyethylene glycol/polymethyl methacrylate composite phase change materials

Thermal conductivity models for carbon/liquid crystal polymer composites

Electrical and thermal conductivities of novel metal mesh hybrid polymer composite bipolar plates for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Effects of carbon fillers in thermally conductive polypropylene based resins

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