摘要:
The present invention relates to a skutterudite thermoelectric material for directly converting heat generated by the Seebeck effect into electricity, and provides a method of producing a Co—Sb-based filled-skutterudite sintered material having a lower thermal conductivity and thereby having a higher figure of merit. The crystal grains of a Sb-containing skutterudite compound and a metal oxide dispersed in the crystal grain boundaries are sintered to obtain the skutterudite thermoelectric sintered material. The metal oxide prevents growth of grains in the process of sintering, whereby the skutterudite compound is finely pulverized to have an average crystal grain size of 20 &mgr;m or less. As a result, the areas at the boundaries of the fine crystal grains are increased, phonon scattering is enhanced, the thermal conductivity is decreased, and the figure of merit is increased. The metal oxide is an oxide of a rare earth metal. The skutterudite compound includes a filled-skutterudite compound having a composition of LnyFexCo4−xSb12 (Ln: a rare earth metal, 0
摘要:
A piezoelectric pressure sensor includes a generally elongated sensor housing, a pressure receiving plate disposed at a first end of the sensor housing with a first surface thereof serving as a pressure receiving surface for receiving a pressure applied from outside of the sensor housing, a pressure transmission member accommodated in the sensor housing with a first end thereof held in contact with a second surface of the pressure receiving plate, and a tubular piezoelectric element accommodated in the sensor housing with a first end thereof held in contact with a second end of the pressure transmission member. A pair of electrodes are formed on the external and internal surfaces of the piezoelectric element, respectively. An external charge detection member is held in contact with the external electrode for collecting charge generated by the external electrode and is encircled by a heat-shrinkable tube, while an internal charge detection member is held in contact with the internal electrode for extracting charge therefrom. A fixing screw is threaded into the sensor housing for holding in a prestressed fashion the piezoelectric element and the pressure transmission member against the pressure receiving plate. During assemblage of the pressure sensor, the heat-shrinkable tube undergoes a thermal shrinkage upon application of heat thereto, thereby compressing the external charge detection member radially inwardly against the external electrode.
摘要:
A decrease in voltage in a polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising stack of unit cells caused by the temperature difference between the cells located at the ends and the other cells due to a differential in heat dissipation from end plates is prevented by controlling the cooling temperature of the cells closest to the end plates of the fuel cell without affecting the output voltage of the cells in the middle by not including a coolant flow channel in the conductive separator plate between at least one of the end plates and the unit cell located closest to the one of the end plates.
摘要:
A fuel cell stack of the present invention includes intermediate current collectors (52, 53) which are disposed in an intermediate portion between a pair of end portion current collectors (50, 51) and are configured to divide anode gas supply manifolds (192I, 392I) and cathode gas supply manifolds (193I, 393I), two or more sub-stacks (P, Q, R) each configured to include one or more unit cells (110, 210, 310) which are stacked between two collectors which are included in a pair of end portion current collectors (50, 51) and the intermediate current collectors (52, 53), anode gas supply inlets (172I, 272I) which are connected to anode gas supply manifolds (192I, 392I) in one of sub-stacks (P, Q, R), and cathode gas supply inlets (173I, 273I) which are connected to cathode gas supply manifolds (193I, 393I) in one of sub-stacks (P, Q, R).
摘要:
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell including a plurality of membrane electrode assemblies and a plurality of conductive separators, wherein the plurality of conductive separators include at least one separator comprising: a fuel gas inlet-side manifold aperture; a fuel gas outlet-side manifold aperture; a gas flow channel for fuel gas formed on an anode-side of the separator; an inlet-side through hole and an outlet-side through hole penetrating the separator which are formed at an inlet-side end and an outlet-side end of the gas flow channel for fuel gas; and an inlet-side connection groove and an outlet-side connection groove for connecting the inlet-side and outlet-side through holes with the fuel gas inlet-side manifold aperture and the fuel gas outlet-side manifold aperture, respectively, which are formed on a cathode-side of the separator.
摘要:
The present specification discloses a polymer electrolyte fuel cell characterized in that each of the cathode and the anode comprises catalyst particles, a hydrogen ion-conductive polymer electrode, a conductive porous base material and a water repellent agent, and water repellency of at least one of the cathode and the anode varies in a direction of thickness or in a plane direction. As such, by varying the degree of the water repellency of the cathode and the anode on the basis of a position, an excellent polymer electrolyte fuel cell having a high discharge characteristic or more specifically a high current-voltage characteristic in a high current density range.
摘要:
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising an anode, a cathode, a polymer electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode and the cathode, an anode-side separator plate having a gas flow path to supply fuel gas to the anode and a cathode-side separator plate having a gas flow path to supply oxidant gas to the cathode. Each of the anode and the cathode comprises a catalyst layer in contact with the polymer electrolyte membrane, an electrode supporting material having gas permeability and electronic conductivity, and a water repellent layer interposed between the catalyst layer and the electrode supporting material. The water repellent layer has through holes through which the catalyst layer and the electrode supporting material are electrically connected.
摘要:
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell of the present invention includes: plate-shaped cells (10) each having a pair of plate-shaped separators (6a) and (6b) and a membrane-electrode assembly (5) disposed between the separators (6a) and (6b); a cell stack (50) configured by stacking and fastening the cells (10); and a covering member (60) covering a peripheral surface of the cell stack (50), and voltage measuring terminal insertion holes (61) used to measure the voltages of the cells (10) are formed on the covering member (60) so as to be located at positions corresponding to the separators (6a) and (6b) of the cells (10).