Jin-Soo Park*, Seok-Hee Park, Gu-Gon Park, Won-Yong Lee, Chang-Soo Kim, and Seung-Hyeon Moon†
Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Research Center, Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Department, Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER),
71-2 Jang-dong, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, 305-343, Republic of Korea
†Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Gwangju Inst
A new characterization method using a porous plug model was proposed to determine the degree of sulfonation
(DS) of ionomer binder with respect to the membrane used in membrane-electrode assemblies (MEAs) and
to analyze the fraction of proton pathways thr
Keyword : Polymer electrolyte fuel cell; Porous plug model; Sulfonated poly(ether ether ketone); Membrane electrode
assembly; Proton pathway