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Book Chapters

  1. Y. Wang and K.S. Chen, Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel-Cell Components, Ch. 30. in 

    - (edited by Stolten and Emonts) Fuel Cell Science and Engineering: Materials, Wiley (2012). (link) (Pdf)  

  2. Y. Wang and K.S. Chen, Modeling of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells and Stacks, Ch. 31. in 

    - (edited by Stolten and Emonts) Fuel Cell Science and Engineering: Materials, Wiley (2012). (link) (Pdf)

  3.  Guobin Zhang, Yun Wang, Lizhen Wu, Patrick Hong and Kui Jiao, Porous media flow field for proton 

      exchange membrane fuel cells (Ch. 13) in Kaur, G. (Ed.). (2021). PEM Fuel Cells: Fundamentals, Advanced 

      Technologies, and Practical Application. Elsevier (link).

  4. Three chapters in Fuel Cell for Transportation, Elsevier (2023) (link).

Books

  1. Y. Wang, K.S. Chen, and S. C. Cho, PEM Fuel Cells: Thermal and Water Management Fundamentals (Sustainable Energy), Momentum Press (2013) (link)

    2. K. Jiao, Bowen Wang, Qing Du, Yun Wang, Guobin Zhang, Zirong Yang, Hao Deng, Xu Xie, Water and Thermal Management of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel  

      Cells 1st Edition, Elsevier (2021) (link).

    3. Y. Wang, Practical Handbook of Thermal Fluid Science, Bentham Science (2023) (link)

    4. P. Das, K, Jiao, Y. Wang, F. Barbir, X.G. Li, Fuel Cell for Transportation, Elsevier (2023) (link)

Journal Papers (complete paper list; paper PDF google drive download /baidu pan download)

***2009-present: goto link  :  some recent papers are:1, 2, 3, 4 ….

  • 1. Zhang, G., Wu, L., Jiao, K., Tian, P., Wang, B., Wang, Y., & Liu, Z. (2020). Optimization of porous media flow field for proton exchange membrane fuel cell using a data-driven surrogate model. Energy Conversion and Management, 226, 113513.
  • 2. Bao, Z., Wang, Y., & Jiao, K. (2020). Liquid droplet detachment and dispersion in metal foam flow field of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. Journal of Power Sources, 480, 229150.
  • 3. Wang, R., Wang, R., & Wang, Y. (2020). Ex-situ Measurement of Thermal Conductivity and Swelling of Nanostructured Fibrous Electrodes in Electrochemical Energy Devices. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress, 100805.
  • 4. Zhang, X., McMurtrey, M. D., Wang, L., O’Brien, R. C., Shiau, C. H., Wang, Y., ... & Sun, C. (2020). Evolution of Microstructure, Residual Stress, and Tensile Properties of Additively Manufactured Stainless Steel Under Heat Treatments. JOM, 1-11.
  • 5. Chen, Q., Wang, Y., Yang, F., & Xu, H. (2020). Two-dimensional multi-physics modeling of porous transport layer in polymer electrolyte membrane electrolyzer for water splitting. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. 45 (2020) 32984-32994. 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.09.148 [PDF]
  • 6. H. Liu, J. Qin, T. Rockward, J. Wu, J. Li, G. Li, Q. Mao, Y. Lv, X. Wang, S. Zhang, W. Shi, G. Chen, Q. He, Y. Jiang, H. Yu, R. L. Borup, Y. Wang and Y. Song, Photo-Driven Growth of Monolayer of Platinum Spherical Nanocrowns Uniformly Coating on Membrane toward Fuel Cell Applications, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, DOI: 10.1039/D0TA07189G [PDF].
  • 7. Wu, J. and Wang, Y. (2021) Liquid Blockage and Flow Maldistribution of Two-phase Flow in Two Parallel Thin Micro-Channels, Applied Thermal Engineering, 182, 116127. (PDF)
  • 8. Zhang, G., Wu, J., Wang, Y., Yin, Y., & Jiao, K. (2020). Investigation of current density spatial distribution in PEM fuel cells using a comprehensively validated multi-phase non-isothermal model. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 150, 119294. (PDF)
  • 9. Lewis, J. M., & Wang, Y. (2019). Two-phase frictional pressure drop in a thin mixed-wettability microchannel. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 128, 649-667. (PDF)
  • 10. Wang, Y., & Cho, S. C. (2014). Analysis and three-dimensional modeling of vanadium flow batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 161(9), A1200-A1212.(PDF)
  • 11. Yuan, H., Read, J. A., & Wang, Y. (2019). Capacity loss of non-aqueous Li-Air battery due to insoluble product formation: Approximate solution and experimental validation. Materials Today Energy, 14, 100360. (PDF)
  • 12. Wang, Y., & Yuan, H. (2017). Discharge Precipitate's Impact in Li-Air Battery: Comparison of Experiment and Model Predictions. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164(9), A2283-A2289. (PDF)
  • 13. Wu, J., Li, Y., & Wang, Y. (2019). Three-dimension simulation of two-phase flows in a thin gas flow channel of PEM fuel cell using a volume of fluid method. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy. (PDF)
  • 14. Niu, Z., Wu, J., Bao, Z., Wang, Y., Yin, Y., & Jiao, K. (2019). Two-phase flow and oxygen transport in the perforated gas diffusion layer of proton exchange membrane fuel cell. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 139, 58-68. (PDF)
  • 15. Cho, S. C., & Wang, Y. (2014). Two-phase flow dynamics in a micro channel with heterogeneous surfaces. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 71, 349-360. (PDF)
  • 16. Lewis, J. M., & Wang, Y. (2018). Investigating the pressure loss associated with two-phase flow in a rectangular microchannel suddenly expanding into a manifold. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 43(36), 17444-17460. ( PDF)
  • 17. Lewis, J. M., & Wang, Y. (2018). Two-phase frictional pressure drop and water film thickness in a thin hydrophilic microchannel. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 127, 813-828. (PDF),
  • 18. Niu, Z., Bao, Z., Wu, J., Wang, Y., & Jiao, K. (2018). Two-phase flow in the mixed-wettability gas diffusion layer of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Applied energy, 232, 443-450. (PDF),
  • 19. Niu, Z., Wang, Y., Jiao, K., & Wu, J. (2018). Two-phase flow dynamics in the gas diffusion layer of proton exchange membrane fuel cells: volume of fluid modeling and comparison with experiment. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 165(9), F613-F620. (PDF),
  • 20. Wang, Y., Yu, J., Wu, J., & Wang, Z. (2017). Rapid Analysis of Platinum and Nafion Loadings Using Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 164(13), F1294-F1300. (PDF),
  • 21. Niu, Z., Jiao, K., Wang, Y., Du, Q., & Yin, Y. (2018). Numerical simulation of two‐phase cross flow in the gas diffusion layer microstructure of proton exchange membrane fuel cells. International Journal of Energy Research, 42(2), 802-816. (PDF),
  • 22. Niu, Z., Wu, J., Wang, Y., & Jiao, K. (2018). Investigating the in-/through-plane effective diffusivities of dry and partially-saturated gas diffusion layers. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 165(11), F986-F993. (PDF),
  • 23. Wang, Y., & Cho, S. C. (2015). Analysis and multi-dimensional modeling of lithium-air batteries. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 162(1), A114-A124. (PDF), 
  • 24. Wang, Y., & Chen, K. S. (2016). Advanced control of liquid water region in diffusion media of polymer electrolyte fuel cells through a dimensionless number. Journal of Power Sources, 315, 224-235. (pdf) 
  • 25. Zhang, G., Yuan, H., Wang, Y., & Jiao, K. (2019). Three-dimensional simulation of a new cooling strategy for proton exchange membrane fuel cell stack using a non-isothermal multiphase model. Applied Energy, 255, 113865. (pdf) 
  • 26. Y. Wang and C.Y. Wang, A Non-Isothermal, Two-Phase Model for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, J. Electrochem. Soc., 153 (2006) A1193-1200. (PDF)
  • 27. Y. Wang and C.Y. Wang, Transient Analysis of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells, Electrochimica Acta, 50, (2005) 1307-1315. (PDF)
  • 28. J.P. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Umeda, Y. Nakamura and Y. Takemoto, Computation of NOx-Emmision in the Exhaust Gas of HCCI and Direct Simulation of the Turbulent Combustion in HCCI Engines, Proc. 4th Japan-China Workshop on Turbulent Flows, Nagoya, Nov. 2000, P36.
  • 29. J.P. Wang and Y. Wang, Direct Numerical Simulation of Turbulent Flames in HCCI-Engines, International Conference on Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics, Beijing, Oct. 2000, P484.
  • 30. J.P. Wang, Y. Wang, Y. Umeda, M. Tamura, and Y. Takemoto, Numerical Simulation of NOx Exhaust of Homogeneous Charge Compression Ignition, J. of Environmental and Information Sciences, Yokkaichi Univ., V4, NO. 2, 2000, P1.

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