Proton conductivity influence

The catalyst layer is composed of multiple components, primarily Nafion ion-omer and carbon-supported catalyst particles. The composition governs the macro- and mesostructures of the CL, which in turn have a significant influence on the effective properties of the CL and consequently the overall fuel cell performance. There is a trade-off between ionomer and catalyst loadings for optimum performance. For example, increased Nafion ionomer confenf can improve proton conduction, but the porous channels for reactanf gas fransfer and water removal are reduced. On the other hand, increased Pt loading can enhance the electrochemical reaction rate, and also increase the catalyst layer thickness. 

MeOH is transported through the membrane by two modes diffusion and electro-osmotic drag. ° When MeOH comes into contact with the membrane, it diffuses through the membrane from anode to cathode and is also dragged along with the hydrated protons under the influence of current flowing across the cell. Therefore, a correlation between the MeOH diffusion coefficient and proton conductivity is observed. The diffusive mode of MeOH transport dominates when the cell is idle, whereas the electro-osmotic drag... 

As typically observed in the case of non-ionic block and graft copolymers, the immiscibility of the constituent blocks within the copolymers can induce microphase separation beyond even that which normally occurs due to hydrophobic and hydrophilic sites within statistical copolymer PEMs such as Nation. A relatively recent area of PEM research, ionic block and graft copolymers are interesting from the point of view of providing fundamental understanding about the influence of morphology upon proton conduction... 

Gasa, J. V., Weiss, R. A. and Shaw, M. T. 2006. Influence of blend miscibility on the proton conductivity and methanol permeability of polymer electrolyte blends. Journal of Polymer Science Part B 44 2253-2266. 

The study of the dynamical behavior of water molecules and protons as a function of the state of hydration is of great importance for understanding the mechanisms of proton and water transport and their coupling. Such studies can rationalize the influence of the random self-organized polymer morphology and water uptake on effective physicochemical properties (i.e., proton conductivity, water permeation rates, and electro-osmotic drag coefficients). 

Microstructures of CLs vary depending on applicable solvenf, particle sizes of primary carbon powders, ionomer cluster size, temperafure, wetting properties of carbon materials, and composition of the CL ink. These factors determine the complex interactions between Pt/carbon particles, ionomer molecules, and solvent molecules, which control the catalyst layer formation process. The choice of a dispersion medium determines whefher fhe ionomer is to be found in solubilized, colloidal, or precipitated forms. This influences fhe microsfrucfure and fhe pore size disfribution of the CL. i It is vital to understand the conditions under which the ionomer is able to penetrate into primary pores inside agglomerates. Another challenge is to characterize the structure of the ionomer phase in the secondary void spaces between agglomerates and obtain the effective proton conductivity of the layer. 

Alberti et al. investigated the influence of relative humidity on proton conductivity and the thermal stability of Nafion 117 and compared their results with data they obtained for sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone) membranes over the broad, high temperature range 80—160 °C and RHs from 35 to 100%. The authors constructed a special cell used in conjunction with an impedance analyzer for this purpose. Data were collected at high temperatures within the context of reducing Pt catalyst CO poison-... 

G. C. Maiti, F. Freund, Influence of fluorine substitution on proton conductivity of hydroxyapatite, J. Chem. Soc. Dalton Trans. 4 (1981) 949-955. 

S0l., So2 and SHlo refer to the respective source terms owing to the ORR, e is the electrolyte phase potential, cGl is the oxygen concentration and cHlo is the water vapor concentration, Ke is the proton conductivity duly modified w.r.t. to the actual electrolyte volume fraction, Dsa is the oxygen diffusivity and is the vapor diffusivity. The details about the DNS model for pore-scale description of species and charge transport in the CL microstructure along with its capability of discerning the compositional influence on the CL performance as well as local overpotential and reaction current distributions are furnished in our work.25 27,67... 

These results indicate that the radiation induced defects such as some point defects, dislocations and lattice distortions have no influence on the protonic conduction. However, the electronic conduction is modified by sub-band annihilation in gap between valence and conduction bands after neutron irradiation [2, 6, 7],... 

The function of a proton-conducting ionomer such as Nafion in the catalyst layer is to provide an ionic path for proton migration from the membrane to the reaction site at the catalyst surface. Therefore, the content of the proton-conducting ionomer in the catalyst layer will greatly influence the transport of protons to the catalyst sites. The impedance spectra of fuel cells with different Nafion loadings in the catalyst layers of both the cathode and the anode at OCV were compared by... 

Figure 2 Properties in polyphosphazenes are determined hy (1) the backbone bonds that control the inherent flexibility of the polymer via their influence on bond torsional freedom, and also provide photo-and thermo-oxidative stahihty (2) the side groups control polymer solubility, reactivity, thermal stability, crystallinity, cross-linking, and (indirectly) polymer flexibility (3) free volume between the side groups affects polymer motion, solvent penetration, membrane behavior, and density (4) functional groups (usually introduced hy secondary reactions) affect soluhihty, biological behavior, proton conduction, cross-hnking, and many other properties...

F. Influence of Coulomb Correlations and the Electric Field Local Heterogeneities on Proton Conductivity... 

Let us consider following Ref. 179 the character and value of the change of the hydrogen-bonded chain proton conductivity under the influence of light (two... 

While considering the influence of sound on the mobility of protons, their peculiar position should be taken into account, because in a solid they are specified both by the quantum features (the availability of the overlap integral between the nearest-neighbor sites in crystal with hydrogen bonds) and by classical ones (a large mass and hence a usual diffusion in metals and nonpolar semiconductors). The peculiar position occupied by the charge carriers in a hydrogen-bonded chain enables us to point out a specific mechanism of the proton conductivity stimulation by ultrasound. 

At the same time it is interesting to understand why the intracellular 756 cm 1 mode influences the proton conductivity. As we mentioned above, the polarized optical 99-cm 1 mode activates the proton mobility in the range Tc < T < To, where Tc= 120K and 7o = 213 K. However, the intracellular 756-cm 1 mode is not polarized nevertheless, it is responsible for the proton mobility for T > To. With T > Tc = 120 K, these two modes demonstrate an anomalous temperature behavior and the intracellular mode begins to intensify [47], It is the intensification of the cellular mode with T, which leads to its strong coupling with charge carriers in the crystal studied. A detailed theory of the mixture of the two modes is posed in Appendix D. 

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