How to cite?

When utilizing our open-source solver, we kindly request that you include citations to acknowledge our contributions to this field. These citations should reference the following publications:

  • Zhang, Shidong, Steffen Hess, Holger Marschall, Uwe Reimer, Steven Beale, and Werner Lehnert. "openFuelCell2: A New Computational Tool for Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers, and other Electrochemical Devices and Processes." Computer Physics Communications, Forthcoming (2023).
  • Zhang, Shidong. Modeling and Simulation of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells. No. FZJ-2020-02318. Elektrochemische Verfahrenstechnik, 2020.

We extend our sincere appreciation for your support and for choosing to utilize our code. Should you have any questions or wish to provide feedback, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. You can find publications related to our solver below:

  • Journal

    • Zhang, Shidong, Steffen Hess, Holger Marschall, Uwe Reimer, Steven Beale, and Werner Lehnert. "openFuelCell2: A New Computational Tool for Fuel Cells, Electrolyzers, and other Electrochemical Devices and Processes." Computer Physics Communications, Forthcoming (2023).

    • Zhang, Shidong, Shangzhe Yu, Roland Peters, Steven B. Beale, Holger Marschall, Felix Kunz, and Rüdiger-A. Eichel. "A new procedure for rapid convergence in numerical performance calculations of electrochemical cells." Electrochimica Acta (2023): 143275.

    • Yu, Shangzhe, Shidong Zhang, Dominik Schäfer, Roland Peters, Felix Kunz, and Rüdiger-A. Eichel. "Numerical Modeling and Simulation of the Solid Oxide Cell Stacks and Metal Interconnect Oxidation with OpenFOAM." Energies 16, no. 9 (2023): 3827.

    • Zhang, Shidong. "Low-Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells." In Electrochemical Cell Calculations with OpenFOAM, pp. 59-85. Springer, Cham, 2022.

    • Zhang, Shidong, Steven B. Beale, Uwe Reimer, Martine Andersson, and Werner Lehnert. "Polymer electrolyte fuel cell modeling-A comparison of two models with different levels of complexity." International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 45, no. 38 (2020): 19761-19777.

  • Conference

    • Hess, Steffen, Shidong Zhang, Thomas Kadyk, Werner Lehnert, Michael Eikerling, and Steven B. Beale. "Numerical Two-Phase Simulations of Alkaline Water Electrolyzers." ECS Transactions 112, no. 4 (2023): 419.

    • Zhang, Shidong, Kai Wang, Shangzhe Yu, Nicolas Kruse, Roland Peters, Felix Kunz, and Rudiger-A. Eichel. "Multiscale and Multiphysical Numerical Simulations of Solid Oxide Cell (SOC)." ECS Transactions 111, no. 6 (2023): 937.

    • Zhang, Shidong, Steven B. Beale, Yan Shi, Holger Janßen, Uwe Reimer, and Werner Lehnert. "Development of an Open-Source Solver for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells." ECS Transactions 98, no. 9 (2020): 317.

  • Thesis

    • Zhang, Shidong. Modeling and Simulation of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells. No. FZJ-2020-02318. Elektrochemische Verfahrenstechnik, 2020.