MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL

    公开(公告)号:US20230387441A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-30

    申请号:US18232786

    申请日:2023-08-10

    申请人: TOPPAN INC.

    发明人: Katsuyuki KISHI

    IPC分类号: H01M8/1018 H01M4/92 H01M4/88

    摘要: A membrane electrode assembly includes: a polymer electrolyte membrane; a first electrocatalyst layer and a second electrocatalyst layer sandwiching the polymer electrolyte membrane while being in contact therewith; a fuel electrode diffusion layer which is a gas diffusion layer laminated on the first electrocatalyst layer to form a fuel electrode; and an air electrode diffusion layer which is a gas diffusion layer laminated on the second electrocatalyst layer to form an air electrode. The air electrode diffusion layer has a Gurley value of 80 seconds or less in a thickness direction thereof, which is smaller than a Gurley value of the fuel electrode diffusion layer in a thickness direction thereof, the Gurley value indicating air permeability.

    MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL

    公开(公告)号:US20230052473A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17960964

    申请日:2022-10-06

    申请人: TOPPAN INC.

    发明人: Katsuyuki KISHI

    摘要: A membrane electrode assembly that can enhance power generation performance, and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The membrane electrode assembly for use in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell according to an aspect of the present invention includes a polyelectrolyte membrane, a fuel electrode-side electrocatalyst layer, and an oxygen electrode-side electrocatalyst layer. The fuel electrode- and oxygen electrode-side electrocatalyst layers and contain voids which include pores having a diameter in the range of 3 nm or more and 5.5 μm or less. When the integrated pore volume for all the pores in the fuel electrode- and oxygen electrode-side electrocatalyst layers and is a first integrated volume, the value obtained by dividing the first integrated volume by the mass of the catalytic material contained in both of the electrocatalyst layers is in the range of 2.8 or more and 4.5 or less.