Simulation and optimization of nanostructured electrodes for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Author

Sanjeev Murlidhar Rao

Abstract

"An ordered arrangement of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on which Pt nanoparticles are supported and coated with Nafion film is proposed as a nanostructured catalyst layer for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) fuel Cells. Specifically, the study is focused on the cathode catalyst layer of the fuel cell electrodes. The catalyst layer is mathematically modeled, taking into consideration multicomponent and Knudsen diffusion in the gas phase. To account for binary diffusion, a Slattery-Bird correlation is used to obtain the effective diffusion coefficients. The electrochemical reaction kinetics is assumed to follow a first order Volmer-Butler mechanism. Henry's law is used for the interfacial equilibrium"--Abstract, page iv.

Advisor(s)

Xing, Yangchuan

Committee Member(s)

Henthorn, David
Liou, Frank W.

Department(s)

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Chemical Engineering

Publisher

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Publication Date

Summer 2008

Pagination

x, 87 pages

Rights

© 2008 Sanjeev Murlidhar Rao, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Citation

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Fuel cells -- ElectrodesNanostructured materialsPolyelectrolytes

Thesis Number

T 9416

Print OCLC #

299048668

Recommended Citation

Rao, Sanjeev Murlidhar, "Simulation and optimization of nanostructured electrodes for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells" (2008). Masters Theses. 66.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/masters_theses/66