Title
Relaxation time distribution analysis of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell stack from its impedance response
Date Issued
01 December 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Silva R.A.
Novais A.Q.
Rangel C.M.
National Laboratory for Energy and Geology
Abstract
Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) is an analysis technique that is commonly used as a base diagnostics technique for the in-situ analysis of the kinetic and transport properties of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. This work proposes to use the distribution of relaxation times (DRT) as a complementary analysis technique for the interpretation of EIS data. For this purpose, the DRT is deduced for a modified Randles electric circuit composed of a constant phase element (CPE) connected in parallel with a resistance in series with a finite diffusion Warburg element. The experimental EIS data collected from an eight cell PEMFC with an open-air cathode was modeled through the use of two modified Randles circuit representing the fuel-cell electrodes. The analysis of the DRT allows identifying further characteristics of the individual processes that occur at both electrodes, while also being instrumental in detecting the effect on the fuel cell performance of some operating conditions, namely the current.
Start page
193
End page
196
Volume
24
Issue
April 3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica Ingeniería mecánica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84894160949
Source
Ciencia e Tecnologia dos Materiais
ISSN of the container
08708312
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