Duration: | February 2017 - June 2020 |
Contracting Authority/ Sponsors: | Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) / NOW & Projektträger Jülich (PTJ) |
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Duration: | February 2017 - June 2020 |
Contracting Authority/ Sponsors: | Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) / NOW & Projektträger Jülich (PTJ) |
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QuBK is aiming at the experimental validation of international test protocols of fuel cell components. Therfore, the test protocols are investigated with a sensitivy analysis and different protocols (e.g. of DoE (US) or NEDO (Japan) or Europe as regions with internationally leading fuel cell developers) are compared. As various protocols are evaluated with different materials from a variety of suppliers with scientifically sound in-situ characterization a reproducible interpretation of the test results is assured.
Fraunhofer ISE developed a differencial test cell for reproducible MEA characterization at high current densities. This test cell was licensed to baltic Fuel Cell GmbH. The international test protocols, especially of DoE / US and NEDO / JP were performed with this test cell to evaluated to effects on performance and aging of the test samples. The investigations focused on accellerated stress tests for catalyst, catalyst support, membrane and drive cycle testing.