@inproceedings{5ea84ef6adef464dbe4aa9f8fd386f74,
title = "Influence of hydrophilic and hydrophobic triple MPL coated GDL on the oxygen transport resistance in a PEFC under high humidity conditions",
abstract = "Gas diffusion layers (GDLs) coated with a hydrophobic microporous layer (MPL) have been commonly used to improve the performance of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). In the present study, a hydrophilic and hydrophobic triple-MPL-coated GDL, in which a thin hydrophilic layer was coated on the hydrophobic double-MPL, was developed to achieve further enhancement of the PEFC performance under high humidity conditions. The oxygen transport resistance was determined from the limiting current density values of polarization curves to evaluate the ability of the GDL to prevent flooding. A triple-MPLcoated GDL, in which the polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) content in the hydrophobic MPL in contact with the hydrophilic layer is 20 mass% and that in the MPL in contact with the carbon paper substrate is 10 mass%, exhibits much lower oxygen transport resistance than a conventional hydrophobic MPL-coated GDL.",
author = "Tatsumi Kitahara and Hironori Nakajima and Kosuke Okamura",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} The Electrochemical Society.; Symposium on Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 15, PEFC 2015 - 228th ECS Meeting ; Conference date: 11-10-2015 Through 15-10-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1149/06917.1313ecst",
language = "English",
series = "ECS Transactions",
publisher = "Electrochemical Society Inc.",
number = "17",
pages = "1313--1322",
editor = "Gasteiger, {H. A.} and Weber, {A. Z.} and Ramani, {V. K.} and Fuller, {T. F.} and Mantz, {R. A.} and H. Uchida and Buchi, {F. N.} and M. Edmundson and C. Coutanceau and Fenton, {J. M.} and S. Mitsushima and Schmidt, {T. J.} and K. Shinohara and K. Swider-Lyons and Jones, {D. J.} and Pivovar, {B. S.} and Ayers, {K. E.} and Perry, {K. A.} and Narayanan, {S. R.} and P. Strasser",
booktitle = "Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 15, PEFC 15",
edition = "17",
}