Experimental investigation on unassisted cold start of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack for polar coastal stations at −40 °C

2026-07-21

Jin Wang

Zirong Yang

张

张国斌 (Guobin Zhang) *

Yinke Dou *

Mario Hoppmann

Liwei Kou

Yu Zhang

Xinxin Wei

DOI：10.1016/j.csite.2026.108374

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• Successful unassisted cold start of PEMFC at −40 °C under polar conditions. • Effective thermal accumulation based on electro-thermal cooperative control. • Greater than 80% thermal conversion efficiency under continuous power output. • Less than 2 °C intra-stack temperature difference. • Voltage variation coefficient below 3% and standard deviation below 0.02 V.

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Polar coastal research station

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Cold start strategy

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Experimental investigation on unassisted cold start of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack for polar coastal stations at −40 °C

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Experimental investigation on unassisted cold start of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack for polar coastal stations at −40 °C

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Experimental investigation on unassisted cold start of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack for polar coastal stations at −40 °C