Considering the fact that proton exchange membrane(PEM)fuel cell has different impedance performances under different discharge currents
a PEM fuel cell with single serpentine flow field was investigated with electrochemical impedance spectroscopy
and the R(QR)equivalent circuit was used to calculate the circuit element parameters. The experimental results show that water in the fuel cell increases from insufficient to sufficient and then excessive with the increasing discharge current. Accordingly
the electrochemical reaction rate on the electrodes increases first and then decreases
thus the charge transfer resistance decreases and then increases. The impedance of PEM fuel cell increases obviously for high discharge currents due to the accessional impedance produced by double-layer effect
while the impedance reaches minimum at medium discharge current(5 A).
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