Special Session #4: Understanding and Mitigating PEM Fuel Cell Degradation for Mobility
Co-chair: Nadia Yousfi Steiner, University Bourgogne Franche Comté, France
Co-chair: Jian Zhao, Mississippi State University, USA
Co-chair: Mohamed Ould Moussa, International University of Rabat, Morocco
Abstract: Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell is a promising clean energy technology for mobility, especially heavy-duty vehicles. However, the degradation of PEM fuel cells remains a significant challenge which determines the performance, durability, and cost of the fuel cell engine as well as fuel cell vehicles. Understanding the degradation mechanisms and developing mitigation strategies are essential for advancing the commercialization of fuel cell vehicles.
This special session aims to bring together researchers, scientists, engineers, and industry experts to discuss recent advances, challenges, and solutions related to PEM fuel cell degradation for mobility. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
• Degradation mechanisms
• Degradation kinetics
• Degradation theory and model
• Degradation mitigation strategies
• Material degradation in fuel cell components (membranes, electrodes, catalysts, etc.)
• Ex-situ experimental characterization techniques
• In-situ accelerated stress test (AST) methods and protocols
• Economic and environmental impacts of degradation on PEM fuel cell systems
Co-chair’s bios:
Nadia Yousfi Steiner
Nadia Yousfi Steiner is a full professor at the UBFC. She received a master’s degree in mathematics, a master’s degrees in Fluidics and Energetics in 2006 and a PhD in Engineering Science at uFC and the European Institute for Energy Research EIFER in Germany in 2009. From 2009 to 2014, she worked as R&D Project Manager at EIFER, in charge of collaborative projects on Hydrogen and Fuel Cells. Her main research activity is linked to Fuel Cell systems characterization diagnostics prognostics, and fault tolerant control.
Jian Zhao
Dr. Jian Zhao is an Assistant Professor in Michael W. Hall School of Mechanical Engineering at Mississippi State University (MSU). He obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Waterloo in 2019. From 2019 to 2022, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow and special lecturer at the University of Waterloo. From 2022 to 2023, he was a Postdoctoral Associate at the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems at MSU. He serves as a board member for the International Association for Green Energy (IAGE), editor of Green Energy Today Magazine, assistant editor for the International Journal of Green Energy (IJGE), guest editor for IJGE (Taylor & Francis) and Energy (Elsevier), and committee member, secretary, and session chair of the World Fuel Cell Conference (WFCC) and International Green Energy Conference (IGEC). His research interests involve various green energy technologies, including thermochemical energy storage, electrochemical energy conversion, and energy recovery, through advanced experimental and modeling techniques. He published over 35 articles in prestigious book chapters and journals, such as Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, Electrochemical Energy Reviews, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, etc.
Mohamed Ould Moussa
Mohamed Ould Moussa is associate professeur at “College of Engineering and Architecture” of International University of Rabat. He obtained his Phd from “Ecole Polytechnique” in France in 2011 in materials science and mechanics. He was a research scientist at “Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA de Saclay, France)” dealing with fracture mechanics of polycrystalline nuclear materials. He has recently participated in some research projects (International, European and local) such European project PERFORM 60 (FP7) [PERFORM60 (2008-2014)] for fracture analysis in nuclear materials, BMS project for Lithium-ion battery with PSA (France) at PSA OpenLAB@Maroc, MIGRID (USAID-PEER program, 2017-2019) in renewable energies field and other ANR (France, 2008 to 2011). He has published many papers in both peer reviewed international journals and conferences as Energy, Journal of Reinforced Plastics and Composites, Industrial Crops and Products, Cellulose, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Journal of Intelligent Material systems and structures.
His research activities in the field of wind energy have been awarded recently by the prestigious Mauritanian Chinguitt Price for 2022. He is director and supervisor of PhD in materials science, Energy and Hydrogen and peer-reviewer of several international peer-reviewed journals such as Energy, Journal of Intelligent Material systems and structures, Biomas Conversion and Biorefinery.