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Current trends in the design of gas-diffusion layers for fuel cells

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The fundamental trends in the design of porous materials (composites) used as gas-diffusion layers (GDL) for fuel cells (FC) were examined. It was shown that the evolution of the FC market has made it necessary to develop manufacturing processes for production of GDL with optimum specifications that provide for mass production of GDL at low cost. It was shown that the current design of GDL emerged from the technical region of basic functionality into the space defined by the vectors of modern technologies and economic characteristics.

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Translated from Khimicheskie Volokna, No. 3, pp. 44–50, May–June, 2008.

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Lysenko, V.A. Current trends in the design of gas-diffusion layers for fuel cells. Fibre Chem 40, 226–233 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10692-008-9037-2

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