... order to achieve high performances, water management in PEMFCs is one of the main critical issues to address: lack of water in the membrane can lead to an important increase of membrane resistance ... resistance and thus to a decrease of the cell potential, while an excess of liquid water in the electrodes can reduce gas transport to the catalyst layers and, again, decrease the cell voltage. The lack ... Hydro-Québec, Natural Resources Canada and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. E-mail address: Florent.Breque@mdacorporation.com Julien Ramousse received the B.Sc. and...