摘要:
The present invention restores the performance of a fuel cell by: operating the cell in a loaded current mode different from that of a normal operation for a predetermined time; supplying an oxidant gas and a fuel gas to an anode and a cathode respectively and outputting a current from a cell body with the polarity being inverted; supplying a pressurized gas to at least one of the cathode and anode in an amount not less than 1.5 times as much as that in the normal operation or supplying oxygen to the cathode; or injecting a cleaning solution into the cathode and anode through a gas flow path. Consequently, it is possible to effectively restore a degraded performance of a polymer electrolyte fuel cell caused by a long operation.
摘要:
A compact solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell having a simplified structure of a high mechanical strength and an improved gas-sealing property is disclosed. In the solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell of the present invention, gas-tight electrically insulating layers are provided on the flanks or the insides of the module of the above-mentioned laminated unit cells, thereby to give a gas-tightness between said electrode and separator.
摘要:
An electrode of solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells is produced by a step of preparing a mixed liquid containing an organic solvent, a noble metal catalyst- (3) supporting carbon powder (4) and a colloid of a solid polymer electrolyte having a particle size of 1 nm or more and less than 400 nm, said colloid being adsorbed to the carbon powder and a step of forming an electrode by coating said mixed liquid on one side of a gas-diffusible layer (9). According to the present invention, the solid polymer electrolyte (5) is surely adsorbed to the surface of the catalyst and thus a wide reaction area can be secured. Furthermore, thickness of the solid polymer electrolyte layer can be controlled to one in which hydrogen and oxygen can be easily diffused.
摘要:
The invention provides a solid polymer electrolyte having high performances in which the reaction area of electrode is increased by uniformly dispersing and bonding a solid polymer electrolyte and a catalyst and the ability of gas feeding to the reaction site is improved by adding a fluoropolymer so that the catalyst is not excessively coated. A method for making the fuel cell is also provided. The electrode provided on at least one side of a solid polymer electrolyte membrane is formed by coating on one side of a gas-diffusible layer a mixed dispersion of a noble metal catalyst, a carbon fine powder and a colloidal dispersion of a solid polymer electrolyte, the colloidal dispersion being prepared using an organic solvent having a polar group other than hydroxyl group in the molecule and having a carbon chain of 1-8 carbon atoms which bonds to the polar group or having a dielectric constant of 3-10.
摘要:
A porous supporting carbon body of a gas diffusion layer is provided with a larger number of smaller pores at its catalyst layer side and a smaller number of larger pores at the other side, particularly with an appropriate distribution of finer mesh at its catalyst layer side and coarser mesh at the other side. Thereby, a high performance polymer electrolyte fuel cell can be obtained in which water generated at the catalyst layer is quickly sucked out to the gas diffusion layer, and is evaporated at the gas diffusion layer to be effectively exhausted to outside the fuel cell, so that excessive water can be prevented from retaining in the gas diffusion electrode, with the polymer electrolyte membrane being maintained at an appropriately wet condition. Further, a gas diffusion layer is provided with an electrically conductive polymer-containing layer comprising carbon particles and a polymer material. In it, a combination of two kinds of carbon particles having different amounts of acidic function group is used in a manner that the weight ratio of one kind having a larger acidic function group, relative to the other kind, increases from one end of the gas diffusion layer, corresponding to the inlet of a gas flow channel, to the other end. Thereby, the water permeating function at the surface of the gas diffusion layer can be so adjusted that the inside of the MEA is maintained at an appropriately wet condition, while excessive water is quickly exhausted to outside of the fuel cell together with e.g. the reactive gas. This can also be achieved by using a combination of two kinds of polymer materials in the electrically conductive polymer-containing layer in a manner that the two kinds have either different degrees of crystallinity or different coefficients of moisture permeability, so that the degrees of crystallinity decreases and the coefficients of moisture permeability increases from the one end to the other end of the gas diffusion layer.
摘要:
The present invention provides a gas diffusion layer (13) for a fuel cell (1) which has proper rigidity, is easy to handle and contributes to the improvement of the productivity of fuel cells. A method for producing a gas diffusion layer (13) for a fuel cell includes a first step of: impregnating a conductive porous substrate made of a conductive carbon fiber cloth or conductive carbon fiber felt with a first dispersion containing a first fluorocarbon resin having thermoplasticity; and baking the first conductive porous substrate at a first baking temperature of not less than the melting point of the first fluorocarbon resin and less than the decomposition temperature of the first fluorocarbon resin to enhance the rigidity of the conductive porous substrate.
摘要:
By using a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell comprising a fabric comprising a warp thread and a weft thread which are made of carbon fiber, wherein the distance X between adjacent intersections where the warp and weft threads cross each other and the thickness Y of the fabric satisfy the equation: 1.4 ≦ X/Y ≦ 3.5, the present invention reduces the surface asperities of the substrate and prevents a micro short-circuit resulting from the piercing of the polymer electrolyte membrane of the fuel cell by the carbon fibers of the fabric so as to improve the characteristics of the fuel cell. In order to further prevent the piercing of the polymer electrolyte membrane by the carbon fibers of the gas diffusion layer substrate, the rough surface of the carbon fabric is smoothed by:(1) applying a clamping pressure of 1 to 20 kgf/cm 2 to the contact area between each electrode and each conductive separator plate of the fuel cell; or (2) heating the gas diffusion layer surface before the gas diffusion layer is disposed onto the polymer electrolyte membrane.
摘要翻译:通过使用包括由碳纤维制成的包括经线和纬纱的织物的燃料电池用气体扩散层,其中经线和纬纱相互交叉的相邻交叉点之间的距离X和 织物满足以下等式:1.4 = X / Y <3.5,本发明减小了基体的表面粗糙度,并且防止了由燃料电池的聚合物电解质膜刺穿碳引起的微短路 织物的纤维,以改善燃料电池的特性。 为了进一步防止高分子电解质膜被气体扩散层基板的碳纤维刺穿,碳纤维织物的粗糙表面通过以下方式平滑化:(1)施加1〜20kgf的夹紧压力 / cm 2与燃料电池的每个电极和每个导电隔板之间的接触面积; 或者(2)在将气体扩散层配置在高分子电解质膜上之前加热气体扩散层表面。
摘要:
There have been insufficient highly reliable responses appropriate to the causes of power generation abnormalities in fuel cells that generate power by supplying an oxidizing agent containing oxygen to the cathode and by supplying a fuel gas containing hydrogen to the anode. In order to overcome this problem the invention provides for a fuel cell power generation system equipped with a means that includes AC signal generation block 503 and load 502 that varies the load current for fuel cell 501, which operates to generate power; voltage measurement block 504 that measures the voltage response to the load current variation; impedance measurement block 505 that computes the impedance of fuel cell 501, based on the results of the measurement of the voltage response; and fuel cell control block 506 that varies the operating conditions of fuel cell 501, by utilizing the impedance computation results.