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Woo-Kum Lee, Research Assistant Professor

2C34 Swearingen Engineering Center
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
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Woo-Kum Lee

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Dr. Lee’s research has focused on the study of various aspects of performance characteristics in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFC).  It includes water and heat management and the understanding of the reaction mechanism of impurity (i.e., CO, CO2, SO2, NO2 and NH4 etc) poisoning on the membrane catalyst.  Experiments are preformed to find optimum operating conditions and to further examine and improve simulations.

Selected Publications

  • R. Mohtadi, W-k. Lee and J. W. Van Zee, “Assessing Durability of Cathodes Exposed to Common Air Impurities”, print in process J. Power Sources, 2004.
     

  • Tao Gu, W-k. Lee M. Murthy, and J. W. Van Zee, “The Effect of Reformate Components on PEMFC Performance: Dilution and Reverse Water Gas Shift Reaction”, print in process J. Electrochem. Soc., 2004.
     

  • Woo-kum Lee, M. Murthy and J. W. Van Zee, “A Method for Characterizing CO Transients in a PEMFC”, J. Fuel Cells-From Fundamentals to System, 3 (1-2), 52 – 58, 2003.
     

  • H.J. Soto, W-k. Lee, M. Murthy and J. W. Van Zee, “The Effect of Transient Ammonia Concentrations on PEMFC Performance”, Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters, 6 (7), A133, 2003.
     

  • W-k. Lee, S. Shimpalee and J. W. Van Zee, “Verifying Predictions of Water and Current Distributions in a Serpentine Flow Field PEMFC”, J. Electrochem. Soc., 150 (3), A341, 2003.