Two-phase transport and the role of micro-porous layer in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

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In-plane and through-plane gas permeability of carbon fiber electrode backing layers (2006, background): “It has also been suggested by modeling studies [9] that a through-plane pressure gradient may exist between the flow channel and the catalyst layer which would lead to convective mass transfer.”
A review of gas diffusion layer in PEM fuel cells: Materials and designs (2012, background): “In theoretical approaches [30,31,55,57,99], Nam and Kaviany [55] suggested the optimal thickness ratio of the MPL and the MPS to minimize mass transfer limitation at the cathode is 3:7.”
Microporous layer for water morphology control in PEMFC (2009, unknown): “13 are not the results of the continuous capillary pressure at those interfaces [23,24].”
A Review of Water Management in Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (2009, methodology): “Adding a sub-layer micro porous layer (MPL) between the catalyst layer and the GDL is considered an effective method to improve liquid water drainage and gas diffusion, as well as minimize electronic contact resistance with the adjacent CL [7,21,109,229,231,241-253].”