Table 3 Summary of changes before and after the fuel starvation test
From: Durability test with fuel starvation using a Pt/CNF catalyst in PEMFC
MEA number | Performance at 0.6 V (mA/cm2) | Electrochemical surface area (m2/g) | Polarization resistance (Ω) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Anode | Cathode | |||||||
Initial | After | Initial | After | Initial | After | Initial | After | |
MEA-1 | 917 | 378 | 59.4 | 33.2 | 48.5 | 33.3 | 0.103 | 0.163 |
MEA-2 | 725 | 667 | 22.1 | 19.8 | 34.2 | 29.8 | 0.096 | 0.104 |
MEA-3 | 746 | 737 | 17.7 | 17.7 | 14.7 | 14.6 | 0.099 | 0.101 |