TY - BOOK AU - Passos,R.R. AU - Paganin,V.A. AU - Ticianelli,E.A. TI - Studies of the performance of PEM fuel cell cathodes with the catalyst layer directly applied on Nafion membranes KW - PEM FUEL CELL KW - CATALYST LAYER KW - NAFION LOADING KW - PT CATALYST KW - NAFION MEMBRANE N2 - The performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)with gas diffusion cathodes having the catalyst layer applied directly onto Nafion membranes is investigated with the aim at characterizing the effects of the Nafion content, the catalyst loading in the electrode and also of the membrane thickness and gases pressures. At high current densities the best fuel cell performance was found for the electrode with 0.35 mg Nafion cm-2 (15 wt UR - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1w61v1xrQVk4QEtf1YQu31GQHhuF4c0w0/view?usp=drivesdk ER -