Capabilities | The Fuel Cell Consortium for Performance and Durability (FC-PAD)

These capabilities are available to support collaborations awarded through funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) and through lab partnership agreements established outside of the FOA process.

This list of capabilities is still under development; more information will be added in the near future.

Download a partial list of representative FC-PAD characterization and modeling capabilities.

Capability	Component	Cross-Cutting Technique
Analytical electron microscopy	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA Membrane and ionomer	Structural and chemical characterization
Imaging and spectroscopy	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA Membrane and ionomer	Structural and chemical characterization
Catalyst-layer degradation	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA Membrane and ionomer	Structural and chemical characterization
Ionomer mapping	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA Membrane and ionomer	Structural and chemical characterization
Advanced component diagnostics	Membrane and ionomer GDL and cell	Structural and chemical characterization
Bulk and thin-film morphology and properties	Membrane and ionomer GDL and cell	Structural and chemical characterization
X-ray tomography	Membrane and ionomer GDL and cell	Structural and chemical characterization
Transport property measurements	Membrane and ionomer GDL and cell	Structural and chemical characterization
Advanced X-ray techniques	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA	Structural and chemical characterization Performance testing and evaluation
Spectroscopy and scattering: catalyst atomic structure and particle size	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA	Structural and chemical characterization Performance testing and evaluation
Combinatorial activity screening	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA	Structural and chemical characterization Performance testing and evaluation
Electrochemical diagnostics	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA	Performance testing and evaluation
Catalyst activity measurement	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA	Performance testing and evaluation
Advanced MEA fabrication	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA	Performance testing and evaluation
Advanced MEA diagnostics	Membrane and ionomer GDL and cell	Performance testing and evaluation
Performance and durability testing	Membrane and ionomer GDL and cell	Performance testing and evaluation
Long-term durability testing	Membrane and ionomer GDL and cell	Performance testing and evaluation
Component-specific degradation testing	Membrane and ionomer GDL and cell	Performance testing and evaluation
Electrode simulations	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA	Modeling and theory
3-D electrode reconstruction and transport	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA	Modeling and theory
Quantification of various losses	Catalyst and catalyst support Electrode and MEA	Modeling and theory
Multiphysics, multiscale models	Membrane and ionomer GDL and cell	Modeling and theory
Membrane simulations	Membrane and ionomer GDL and cell	Modeling and theory
Water and thermal management optimization	Membrane and ionomer GDL and cell	Modeling and theory