文摘
High temperature PEMFC durability studied under steady state conditions for over 13,000 h. Well defined beginning-of-life and end-of-test with minimal operational disturbance. Lowest degradation rate of 0.5 μV h−1 within first 9200 h reported for cross-linked membranes. Average voltage decay rate of about 1.4 μV h−1 with 13,000 h versus 4.6 μV h −1 for reference. EIS and post mortem analysis showed improved acid retention of the cross-linked membrane.