A review of accelerated stress tests of MEA durability in PEM fuel cells

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.10.012
Author	Search for: Zhang, Shengsheng¹; Search for: Yuan, Xiaozi¹; Search for: Wang, Haijiang¹; Search for: Merida, Walter¹; Search for: Zhu, Hong; Search for: Shen, Jun¹; Search for: Wu, Shaohong¹; Search for: Zhang, Jiujun¹
Affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation
Format	Text, Article
Subject	PEM fuel cells; durability; accelerated stress test; degradation mechanism
Abstract	This paper is a review of recent work done on accelerated stress tests in the study of PEM fuel cell durability, with a primary focus on the main components of the membrane electrode assembly (MEA). The accelerated stressors for each component under different conditions are outlined, in an attempt to gain a detailed understanding of cell degradation with respect to microstructural change and performance attenuation in the perfluorosulfonic acid membrane, catalyst, and gas diffusion layers. Various techniques for evaluating the components' performance are presented, along with representative mitigation strategies. In addition, different degradation mechanisms proposed in recent publications are briefly reviewed.
Publication date	2008-11-18
Publisher	Elsevier
In	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 34, no. 1: 388–404.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NPARC number	9722869
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