The Effect Of Catalyst On The Performance Of Single Cell (Stack) Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (PEMFC)

Abstract

 ABSTRACT

The Design of the Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) fuel cell system is still developed and upgraded to achieve performance and efficiency optimal. Improvement of PEM fuel cell performance can be achieved by knowing the effect of system parameters based on thermodynamics on voltage and current density. Many parameters affect the performance of PEM fuel cell, one of which is the number catalyst used. The results of this study indicate that the increase in the number of catalyst used leads to improved singel cell performance in PEMFC. The best single cell PEMFC cell performance resulted in the use of 40% catalyst with PEM operating temperature of 363 K and pressure of 1 atm. Keyword: Fuel Cell, Catalyst,