Role of Defects on Mechanical Response of Nafion® Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications

Ahsan Mian; Golam Newaz; Lakshmi Vendra; Xin Wu; Sheng Liu

doi:10.1115/FUELCELL2004-2528

Role of Defects on Mechanical Response of Nafion® Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications

Ahsan Mian, Golam Newaz, Lakshmi Vendra, Xin Wu, Sheng Liu

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Abstract

Nafion® manufactured by Dupont is a widely used membrane material for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell. Such membranes are made thin and also have to be hydrated during operation to increase proton conductivity of the cell. Since the membranes are made thin, and do not posses high mechanical properties, they are prone to any handling induced damage. In this paper, we have made an initial attempt to demonstrate the capability of thermal wave imaging nondestructive evaluation (NDE) technique in detecting various types of damage entities such as scratches, folding, and pin pricks in the membrane material. In addition, the effect of hydration and handling induced damage on the tensile behavior of Nafion® membrane is studied. It is observed that the damaged and as-received hydrated samples exhibit lower modulus and yield strength than the corresponding dry counterparts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the ASME 2004 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology
Publisher	American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Pages	607-611
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	0-7918-4165-0 , 9780791841655
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/FUELCELL2004-2528
State	Published - 2004
Externally published	Yes
Event	Second International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology - Rochester, NY, United States Duration: Jun 14 2004 → Jun 16 2004

Conference

Conference	Second International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology
Country/Territory	United States
City	Rochester, NY
Period	6/14/04 → 6/16/04

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

General Engineering

Keywords

Fuel cell applications
Membranes
Damage
Nonbdestructive evaluation
Proton exchange membranes
Fuel cells
Imaging
Mechanical properties
Proton conductivity
Waves
Yield strength

Disciplines

Materials Science and Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

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Mian, A., Newaz, G., Vendra, L., Wu, X., & Liu, S. (2004). Role of Defects on Mechanical Response of Nafion® Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications. In Proceedings of the ASME 2004 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology (pp. 607-611). Article FUELCELL2004-2528 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). https://doi.org/10.1115/FUELCELL2004-2528

Role of Defects on Mechanical Response of Nafion® Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications. / Mian, Ahsan; Newaz, Golam; Vendra, Lakshmi et al.
Proceedings of the ASME 2004 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004. p. 607-611 FUELCELL2004-2528.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Mian, A, Newaz, G, Vendra, L, Wu, X & Liu, S 2004, Role of Defects on Mechanical Response of Nafion® Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications. in Proceedings of the ASME 2004 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology., FUELCELL2004-2528, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), pp. 607-611, Second International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology, Rochester, NY, United States, 6/14/04. https://doi.org/10.1115/FUELCELL2004-2528

Mian A, Newaz G, Vendra L, Wu X, Liu S. Role of Defects on Mechanical Response of Nafion® Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications. In Proceedings of the ASME 2004 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). 2004. p. 607-611. FUELCELL2004-2528 doi: 10.1115/FUELCELL2004-2528

Mian, Ahsan ; Newaz, Golam ; Vendra, Lakshmi et al. / Role of Defects on Mechanical Response of Nafion® Membranes for Fuel Cell Applications. Proceedings of the ASME 2004 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. 2nd International Conference on Fuel Cell Science, Engineering and Technology. American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2004. pp. 607-611

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