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- Title
Effect of freeze–thaw cycles on membrane electrode assembly of proton exchange membrane fuel cells and its fault diagnosis method.
- Authors
Zhang, Ruixuan; Chen, Tao; Zhang, Rufeng; Gan, Zhongyu
- Abstract
In low‐temperature environment, the residual water in the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) will freeze after the operation of proton exchange membrane fuel cells, which will cause damage to the MEA. In this paper, the effect of freeze–thaw cycles on MEA was studied. Six sets of MEA samples with 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100 times freeze–thaw cycles were set up, and the damage on MEAs is analyzed by polarization curves, electrochemical impedance spectra, cyclic voltammetry curves, and scanning electron microscope. It was found that the freeze–thaw cycles caused degradation on MEA, and the ohmic resistance of MEA increases with the number of cycles increases before the 60 freeze–thaw cycles, and after 60 freeze–thaw cycles, a gap appeared between the proton exchange membrane (PEM) and the catalyst layer, which led to more water entering the PEM and the ohmic resistance of MEA decreased. Besides, according to the data analysis, the experimental samples are divided into three categories (normal MEA, lightly damaged MEA, and seriously damaged MEA). A classifier model combining inception network and light gradient boosting machine (LGBM) was established, and it was found that the combined model was better than inception–dense and LGBM for classification, reaching 96.89%.
- Subjects
ELECTRODES in proton exchange membrane fuel cells; FREEZE-thaw cycles; PROTON exchange membrane fuel cells; FAULT diagnosis; FUEL cells
- Publication
Fuel Cells, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 2, p78
- ISSN
1615-6846
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/fuce.202300134