TEMPERATURE IMPACT ON THE INTERNAL RESISTANCE OF A PEFC CONSIDERING

THE ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY

Espinoza – Andaluz Mayken , Santana Jordy
Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral , ESPOL , Centro de Energías Renovables y Alternativas , Guayaquil - Ecuador

INTRODUCTION METHODOLOGY RESULTS CONCLUSIONS

 A polymer electrolyte fuel cell 1. Experimental data acquisition
 It is concluded that the ohmic
(PEFC) is an electrochemical device
resistance, transfer charge
that convert the chemical energy
resistance and the resistances at low
present in the fuel into electrical
frequencies increase at low
energy, heat and water in a clean and
temperatures.
noiseless way.
 The operating temperature is one of
 The reduction its performance is
the main parameter that affects its
attributed to the slow kinetics of the
performance.
Figure 4. In situ AC impedance spectroscopy oxygen reduction at the cathode
side.

Figure 2. Single PEFC and data acquisition

 The total impedance of the system
hardware used in this study decreases at high frequencies, while
the maximum value appears at low
2. Mathematical model frequencies.

ACKNOWLEGEMENTS
This research is financially supported
by ESPOL and FIMCP-CERA-05-
Figure 5. Bode diagrams for the impedance
magnitude and phase angle. 2017 (Åforsk), G8-DI-2014 projects.
Figure 1. Internal configuration of the parts that
form a single Fuel Cell Table 1. Summary of H2/O2-PEFC properties as
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a function of temperatures anode/cell/cathode at
OBJECTIVES 1.2x H2/2.5 O2, 3.79x105 Pa, 100% RH, 0.5 Mayken Espinoza-Andaluz
A/cm2. Email: masespin@espol.edu.ec
 To make a experimental study Tel.: +593991862444
using a fuel cell test systems type Escuela Superior Politécnica del
PEFC for evaluated its Litoral
performance Guayaquil - Ecuador
 To analyze the behavior of the
internal resistance in a PEFC with Figure 3. a) Equations to correlate the frequency,
resistance and capacitance. b) Equivalent circuit of
a Nafion 212® MEA depending on Randle for a half-cell. c) Complex plane
the operating temperature. representation of the impedance data.