Transient Response and Steady-State Analysis of the Anode of Direct Methanol Fuel Cells Based on Dual-Site Kinetics

Table 2

Physical parameters for modeling.

Electrode parameters	References
Catalyst layer thickness l (m)
3.8×10^−6	[14]
5.0×10^−6	[15]
1.0×10^−5	[21]
2.3×10^−5	[23]
2.5×10^−5	[22]
5.0×10^−5	[9]
Special area of anode a (m^−1)
3.75×10^4	[15]
118317	[21]
1.0×10^5	[11]
Porosity of anode 𝜀
0.3	[11, 23]
Diffusion coefficients 𝐷0 (m^2 s^−1)
2.8×10^−9exp[2436(1/353−1/𝑇)]	[7, 11, 23]
Effective diffusion coefficients 𝐷e (m^2 s^−1)
𝐷0  𝜀^1.5	[11, 23, 27]
Effective conductivity 𝜅e (Ω^−1 m^−1)
3.4	[10, 11, 21]