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Jean-Philippe POIROT

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Published on 4 March 2025
 

Jean-Philippe POIROT

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Senior Expert​

Jean-Philippe Poirot-Crouvezier has been conducting research on low-temperature PEMFCs since 1998. His early research focused on the development of models of stacks and systems for automotive applications. Later, he shifted to the design and analysis of PEMFC operation, investigating performance and durability from bipolar plate to system scale. 

As an expert and/or project manager, he has participated in more than 80 projects, including government-funded projects at the French and EU levels and projects with industrial partners. For example, he led the development of France's first automotive PEMFC (GENEPAC) in partnership with PSA Peugeot Citroën (now Stellantis). 

He supervises PhDs on topics around understanding PEMFC cell operation. He is the co-author of more than 30 articles and nearly 100 patents. 

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Do​​mains​​​​

Hydrogène, molédules et carburants durables 

Team

  • ​​12 staff
  • 1 postdocs
  • 4 PhD students​​​​​

Research Activities​​​

- Performance and durability analysis of PEMFCs;

- Numerical and experimental study of the impact of operating heterogeneities (fluidic, thermal, electrical, mechanical, etc.); 

- ​Optimization of cell and stack design, research on bipolar plate design.​


Selected publications and conferences:  


  • Improved operating strategies for the optimization of PEMFC system performance, Journal of Power Sources, 2024,
     DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2024.234089
  • Mechanical response of carbon paper gas diffusion layer under patterned compression, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2024,
     DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.08.104
  • Experimental assessment of proton exchange membrane fuel cell performance degradations during emulated start-up/shut-down phases, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023,
     DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.11.020
  • Investigation of liquid water heterogeneities in large area proton exchange membrane fuel cells using a Darcy two-phase flow model in a multiphysics code, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2022,
     DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.09.039
  • Impact of alternating fuel feeding on a PEMFC stack durability, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2021,
     DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2021.09.154

Selected patents: ​

  • 2024 | Plaque bipolaire de cellule électrochimique permettant une réduction des écoulements de court-circuit en bordure de la zone réactionnelle, DD22886
  • 2021 | Système de régénération d'une pile à combustible et procédé de régénération, DD21011
  • 2020 | Pile à combustible a injections multiples de fabrication simplifiée, DD20997