Investigations on degradation mechanisms and Definition of protocols for PEM Fuel cells Accelerated Stress Testing

Project Information

ID-FAST

Grant agreement ID: 779565

DOI 10.3030/779565

Project closed

EC signature date 6 December 2017

Start date 1 January 2018

End date 31 December 2021

Funded under

• SOCIETAL CHALLENGES - Secure, clean and efficient energy

Total cost € 2 748 195,00

EU contribution € 2 748 195,00

Coordinated by

COMMISSARIAT A L ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
France

Deliverables

Documents, reports (13)

Validation report of transfer function from AST to real ageing in single cell

D52 Validation report of transfer function from AST to real ageing in single cell

Validation report of the ID-FAST AST protocols in single cell

D51 Validation report of the IDFAST AST protocols in single cell

Report on the sample distribution strategy and applied characterisation techniques

D2.1: Report on the sample distribution strategy and applied characterisation techniques M6, M25

Report on models describing the main degradations modes and analysis of their stressing factors

D3.1: Report on models describing the main degradations modes and analysis of their stressing factors

Public test report from endurance testing

D15 Public test report from endurance testing

Simulation report on multi-mechanisms degradation modes

D3.2: Simulation report on multi-mechanisms degradation modes

Report on AST simulations at cell level

D33 Report on AST simulations at cell level

Definition of new reference single cell hardware

D4.1: Definition of new reference single cell hardware

Public final report on characterisation results after real and accelerated ageing, identification of degradation acceleration and of phenomena coupling with various operating conditions

D25 Final report on characterisation results after real and accelerated ageing identification of degradation acceleration and of phenomena coupling with various operating conditions

Report on recommendations to standardisation bodies

D69 Report on recommendations to standardisation bodies

Analysis of coupling between mechanisms and defined of combined AST

D4.3: Analysis of coupling between mechanisms and defined of combined AST

Analysis of state of art AST and definition of single components AST

D4.2: Analysis of state of art AST and definition of single components AST

Identification of transfer function from AST to real ageing in single cell

D44 Identification of transfer function from AST to real ageing in single cell

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (1)

Project identity set (Logo, public website)

D6.1: Project identity set (Logo, public website)

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (7)

Mitigating PEMFC Degradation During Start-Up: Locally Resolved Experimental Analysis and Transient Physical Modelling

Author(s): Elena Colombo, Andrea Bisello, Andrea Casalegno, Andrea Baricci
Published in: Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Issue 168/5, 2021, Page(s) 054508, ISSN 0013-4651
Publisher: Electrochemical Society, Inc.
DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/abf4eb

Physical Modeling of Catalyst Degradation in Low Temperature Fuel Cells: Platinum Oxidation, Dissolution, Particle Growth and Platinum Band Formation

Author(s): Thomas Jahnke, Georg A. Futter, Andrea Baricci, Claudio Rabissi, Andrea Casalegno
Published in: Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Issue 167/1, 2019, Page(s) 013523, ISSN 0013-4651
Publisher: Electrochemical Society, Inc.
DOI: 10.1149/2.0232001jes

Review on mechanisms and recovery procedures for reversible performance losses in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Author(s): Jens Mitzel, Qian Zhang, Pawel Gazdzicki, K. Andreas Friedrich
Published in: Journal of Power Sources, Issue 488, 2021, Page(s) 229375, ISSN 0378-7753
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2020.229375

The Challenges in Reliable Determination of Degradation Rates and Lifetime in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

Author(s): Qian Zhang, Corinna Harms, Jens Mitzel, Pawel Gazdzicki, K. Andreas Friedrich
Published in: Current Opinion in Electrochemistry, 2021, ISSN 2451-9103
Publisher: Elseiver
DOI: 10.1016/j.coelec.2021.100863

Advancement of Segmented Cell Technology in Low Temperature Hydrogen Technologies

Author(s): Indro Biswas, Daniel G. Sánchez, Mathias Schulze, Jens Mitzel, Benjamin Kimmel, Aldo Saul Gago, Pawel Gazdzicki, K. Andreas Friedrich
Published in: Energies, Issue 13/9, 2020, Page(s) 2301, ISSN 1996-1073
Publisher: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
DOI: 10.3390/en13092301

Mitigated Start-Up of PEMFC in Real Automotive Conditions: Local Experimental Investigation and Development of a New Accelerated Stress Test Protocol

Author(s): Andrea Bisello, Elena Colombo, Andrea Baricci, Claudio Rabissi, Laure Guetaz, Pawel Gazdzicki, Andrea Casalegno
Published in: Journal of The Electrochemical Society, Issue 168/5, 2021, Page(s) 054501, ISSN 0013-4651
Publisher: Electrochemical Society, Inc.
DOI: 10.1149/1945-7111/abf77b

Local impact of load cycling on degradation in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Author(s): D. Garcia-Sanchez, T. Morawietz, P. Gama da Rocha, R. Hiesgen, P. Gazdzicki, K.A. Friedrich
Published in: Applied Energy, Issue 259, 2020, Page(s) 114210, ISSN 0306-2619
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114210

Conference proceedings (4)

Operando and ex-situ investigation of PEMFC degradation

Author(s): Gazdzicki, Pawel; Mitzel, Jens; Sanchez, Daniel G; Aßmann, Pia; Sousa, Joana; Morawietz, Tobias; Hiesgen, Renate; Häußler, Frank; Hunger, Jürgen; Schlumberger, Günther; Friedrich, K. Andreas
Published in: ECS Transactions, 2019
Publisher: IOP Publishing
DOI: 10.1149/09208.0261ecst

Physical modeling of performance, membrane and catalyst degradation in PEMFC

Author(s): Jahnke, Thomas; Futter, Georg; Sarkezi-Selsky, Patrick; Baricci, Andrea; Rabissi, Claudio; Casalegno, Andrea; Latz, Arnulf
Published in: Americas International Meeting on Electrochemistry and Solid State Science (AiMES 2018), 2019
Publisher: Curran Associates, Inc.

Lattice-Boltzmann simulation of multiphase transport in porous gas diffusion media of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

Author(s): Sarkezi-Selsky, Patrick; Latz, Arnulf; Jahnke, Thomas
Published in: 16th Symposium on Modeling and Experimental Validation of Electrochemical Energy Technologies (ModVal 2019), Issue 16, 2019
Publisher: Krewer, Ulrike, Laue, Vincent, Redeker, Andreas; Technische Universität Braunschweig

Lattice-Boltzmann simulation of two-phase flows in the GDL and MPL of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

Author(s): Sarkezi-Selsky, Patrick; Latz, Arnulf; Jahnke, Thomas
Published in: Low-Temperature Fuel Cells, Electrolysers & H2 Processing (EFCF 2019), Issue 1, 2019
Publisher: European Fuel Cell Forum AG