摘要:
A membrane-electrode unit for polymer-electrolyte fuel cells. The membrane-electrode unit consists of a polymer electrolyte membrane and porous reaction layers applied to both sides comprising a catalyst and a proton-conducting polymer, a so-called ionomer. The membrane-electrode unit is characterized in that one part A1 of the catalyst of the reaction layers is saturated with the ionomer and is embedded in the ionomer whereas one part A2 of the catalyst is kept free from the ionomer, where the parts A1 and A2 are in a weight ratio of 1:1 to 20:1.
摘要:
A catalyst layer on a substrate material which contains a proton-conducting polymer (ionomer), electrically conductive carbon particles and fine particles of at least one precious metal. The catalyst layer is obtainable by coating the substrate material with an ink which contains a dispersion of the carbon particles and at least one organic precious metal complex compound in a solution of the ionomer, and drying the coating below a temperature at which the ionomer or the substrate material is thermally damaged, the precious metals in the complex compounds being present with an oxidation number of 0 and the complex compounds being thermally decomposed during drying to form the fine precious metal particles.