ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND SOLID POLYMER FUEL CELL

    公开(公告)号:EP3905397A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-03

    申请号:EP19903782.1

    申请日:2019-12-27

    Abstract: An electrode catalyst layer includes a catalyst material, a conductive carrier, which supports the catalyst material, a polymer electrolyte, and a fibrous material. The electrode catalyst layer includes a three-dimensional network of a flow path. The flow path includes a plurality of terminal points and a plurality of branches. Each of the branches is an elongated hole connecting a pair of the terminal points. The plurality of branches include a bifurcated branch. One of the pair of the terminal points of the bifurcated branch is connected to another branch. The number of branches per unit volume of the electrode catalyst layer is 8500 or more and 13000 or less. The unit volume is defined as 3.9 µm × 3.9 µm × 4.4 µm.

    ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL

    公开(公告)号:EP3780193A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-17

    申请号:EP19777686.7

    申请日:2019-03-29

    Abstract: An electrode catalyst layer includes a catalyst material, a conductive carrier that supports the catalyst material, a polymer electrolyte containing a sulfonate group, and a fibrous material. The electrode catalyst layer includes a first surface configured to be in contact with the polymer electrolyte membrane, and a second surface facing away from the first surface. A first value is obtained by dividing a peak intensity of SO 3 (m/z80) by a peak intensity of carbon (m/z12), and also dividing by a total thickness of the electrode catalyst layer, when the electrode catalyst layer is analyzed using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) at each of a plurality of positions in a thickness direction of the electrode catalyst layer from the first surface to the second surface. A rate of change of the first value with respect to a thickness of the electrode catalyst layer is -0.0020 or less.

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