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Innovative Energy & Research | ISSN: 2576-1463 | Volume 7
Renewable Energy and Resources
Energy Materials and Fuel Cell Research
2nd International Conference on
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August 27-28, 2018 | Boston, USA
The effect of different catalyst layer porosity on proton-exchange membrane fuel cells
Anil Can Turkmen1, Cenk Celik1, Halil Ibrahim Sarac 1 and Bulent Mutlu Dogru2
1Kocaeli University, Turkey
2DGR Project Ltd, Turkey
Nowadays, due to the development of relevant technology for renewable energy sources and the effects of global warming, it
has increased considerably. Especially with the introduction of electric vehicles on the market, energy storage solutions are
at the forefront. The use of batteries in this regard is quite popular, but it has not been able to solve various problems of battery
technology (length of charging time, a risk of explosion, etc.). In this sense, the studies on the fuel cell technologies, which are
supposed to produce and use the energy in place, have gained speed. The fuel cells are still in development. Proton Exchange
Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC), which are especially low temperature fuel cells, are highly promising. In the study, the effect
of the porosity of anode-side catalyst layers on the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells was modeled. In the
prepared model, all geometric parameters and material properties except the catalyst layer porosity are kept constant. The
catalyst porosity was maintained between 0.1 and 0.5 and a parametric study was carried out with variations of 0.1. Obtained
from the current-voltage graphs, the catalyst layer ensures maximum performance over a certain range of porosity. The highest
performance was observed in the fuel cell using a catalyst with a porosity value of 0.2. The low performance of the fuel cell
using catalysts with porosity values of 0.5 and 0.1 revealed that this value should be limited. The results of the work done were
compared with the models in the literature and the model was verified.
Biography
Anil Can Turkmen has completed his . and . at the age of 27 years from Kocaeli University and he worked in Lund University/Sweden, for 1 year. He has
published more than 15 papers. He was working on modeling and experimental study about Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Direct Borohydride Fuel
Cells.
Anil Can Turkmen et al., Innov Ener Res 2018, Volume 7
DOI: 10.4172/2576-1463-C2-005