DOI > 10.5291/ILL-DATA.1-05-44

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Title

Probing water in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel cell with PGM-free catalyst using neutron radiography

Abstract

The objective of this proposal is to study, thanks to neutron imaging, the water distribution in a PEMFC based on Pt-free electrodes and operating in real conditions with unprecedented combined spatial (<5µm) and time (~1 min) resolutions thanks to the high flux of the neutron reactor of ILL along with the state-of-the-art instrumentation of D50. The final goal is to understand the reasons of the limitations in performance of such type of Pt-free electrodes in relation with water, in order to be able to improve them.

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MORIN Arnaud; CHABOT Florian; CLEMENT Philippe; DONNIER MARECHAL Thomas; HEITZMANN Marie; HELFEN Lukas; JACQMIN Laurent; JACQUES Pierre Andre; MARTY Clemence; MICOUD Fabrice; ROIRON Camille and TENGATTINI Alessandro. (2021). Probing water in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel cell with PGM-free catalyst using neutron radiography. Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL) doi:10.5291/ILL-DATA.1-05-44

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Experiment Parameters

  • Environment temperature

    80°C

Sample Parameters

  • Formula

    • Fuel Cell Membrane Electrode Assembly (Nafion, C, Pt, PTFE)
    • B5 bottle of O2 outside the bunker