A three-dimensional pore-scale model of the cathode electrode in polymer-electrolyte membrane fuel cell by lattice Boltzmann method

Lattice Boltzmann simulation of liquid water transport in microporous and gas diffusion layers of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

“…In this study, the pseudo-potential multi-phase LBM proposed by Shan and Chen [44] 680 was employed to simulate liquid water transport in hydrophobic PTLs of PEMFCs. The Furthermore, the simulation results were conducted to clarify the effects of the PTL wettability on the dynamic transport behavior of the liquid water and its distribution.…”

“…In addition, the LBM is more appropriate for microscale simulations because it is formulated on the basis of the kinetic theory. Thus, the LBM has been widely used for various simulations related to PEMFCs, including the simulation of dynamic liquid water removal in hydrophobic and hydrophilic GCs [38], the evaluation of capillary pressure in carbon-paper GDLs at different PTFE 135 contents [39], the determination of effective conductivity, diffusivity, and permeability within reconstructed electrodes [40,41], and the simulation of multi-component mass transport and the electrochemical reactions in PEMFCs [42][43][44].…”

Lattice Boltzmann Pore-Scale Investigation of Coupled Physical-electrochemical Processes in C/Pt and Non-Precious Metal Cathode Catalyst Layers in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

“…Porescale simulations can be used to improve the fundamental understanding of reactive transport processes in porous media. The importance of pore-scale simulations is reflected in the increasing number of studies about pore-scale studies of reactive transport phenomena in Pt-based PEMFCs [20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. However, pore-scale studies related to NPMCs-based PEMFCs has not been reported.…”

A Review of Model-Based Design Tools for Metal-Air Batteries

“…In electrochemical research [122], Lattice Boltzmann models have been applied to investigate the transport of water in the GDL of PEM fuel cells [123][124][125][126]. One significant benefit of LBM is the ability to simulate flow in complex geometries.…”