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OwnerNahla Eid Alhazmi, Derek Binns Ingham +4inventors
InventorsNahla Eid Alhazmi, Derek Binns Ingham, Mohamad Saeed Ismail, Kevin James Hughes, Lin Ma, Mohamed Poukashanian
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The invention relates to a proton exchange membrane fuel cell and a method of designing the same. A method of designing a proton exchange membrane fuel cell comprising a gas diffusion layer is described. The method comprises: using a model of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell to determine performance of the fuel cell, wherein the model is based on a plurality of parameters of the fuel cell, the plurality of parameters including at least one anisotropic property of the gas diffusion layer, adjusting at least one of the plurality of parameters; determining whether or not performance of the fuel cell is improved by the adjusting step and designing the fuel cell by selecting the parameters which provide improved performance. A proton exchange membrane fuel cell is also described comprising a gas diffusion layer, the proton exchange membrane fuel cell having a plurality of parameters, wherein the parameters are selected to provide substantially uniform temperature distribution across the gas diffusion layer.
A method of designing a proton exchange membrane fuel cell comprising a gas diffusion layer, the method comprising:
A proton exchange membrane fuel cell comprising a gas diffusion layer, said proton exchange membrane fuel cell having a plurality of parameters, wherein said parameters are selected to provide substantially uniform temperature distribution across said gas diffusion layer.
A fuel cell comprising a proton exchange membrane having a gas diffusion layer, wherein a thermal conductivity of the gas diffusion layer includes at least one of in-plane thermal conductivity and through-plane thermal conductivity, and wherein at least one of the thermal conductivity, the in-plane thermal conductivity, and the through-plane thermal conductivity of the gas diffusion layer is substantially isotropic.
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