摘要:
A terminal plate, an insulating plate, and an end plate are stacked on a stack body. The terminal plate has current collectors at least at lower portions of an oxygen-containing gas supply passage, a coolant supply passage, a fuel gas discharge passage, a fuel gas supply passage, a coolant discharge passage, and an oxygen-containing gas discharge passage. The current collectors contact the water generated in the reaction or a coolant for collecting electricity.
摘要:
A terminal plate, an insulating plate, and an end plate are stacked on a stack body. The terminal plate has current collectors at least at lower portions of an oxygen-containing gas supply passage, a coolant supply passage, a fuel gas discharge passage, a fuel gas supply passage, a coolant discharge passage, and an oxygen-containing gas discharge passage. The current collectors contact the water generated in the reaction or a coolant for collecting electricity.
摘要:
The present invention provides an electrode structure for polymer electrolyte fuel cells, inexpensive, and exhibiting excellent power production capacity and durability even under high temperature/low humidity conditions, and also provides a polymer electrolyte fuel cell which incorporates the same electrode structure. The present invention also provides an electrical device and transportation device, each incorporating the same polymer electrolyte fuel cell. The electrode structure comprises a pair of electrode catalyst layers 1,1, each containing a catalyst supported by carbon particles, and polymer electrolyte membrane 2 placed between these electrode catalyst layers 1,1. The polymer electrolyte membrane 2 is of a sulfonated polyarylene composed of 0.5 to 100% by mol of the first repeating unit represented by the general formula (1) and 0 to 99.5% by mol of the second repeating unit represented by the general formula (2): (wherein, A is a divalent organic group; and a benzene ring includes its derivative), (wherein, —W— is a divalent electron attracting group; -T- is a divalent organic group; and R1 to R8 are a hydrogen atom or fluorine atom, an alkyl group, fluorine-substituted alkyl group, allyl group, aryl group or cyano group, and may be the same or different).
摘要:
A membrane electrode assembly for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell has a polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode, and a cathode having a catalytic layer and a diffusion layer. The alloy catalyst contains ruthenium in the anode diffusion layer. The assembly has less loss of efficiency, particularly when operated at high potentials.
摘要:
A fuel cell includes a membrane-electrode assembly and a separator. The membrane-electrode assembly has an electrolyte and a pair of electrodes that are disposed on respective sides of the electrolyte. The membrane-electrode assembly and the separator are stacked in a stacking direction. A reaction surface of the membrane-electrode assembly is in a vertical direction along a direction of gravity and has a shape having a longer dimension in a horizontal direction. The fuel cell is provided with a reactant gas passage to allow a reactant gas to flow along a longitudinal direction of the reaction surface. The reactant gas is an oxidant gas or a fuel gas. A drain channel to allow product water from the reactant gas passage to be drained away is disposed between the membrane-electrode assembly and the separator and under the reaction surface in the direction of gravity.
摘要:
A water holding layer having a carbon-based material and a water holding material is arranged on an anode diffusion layer. The water holding material is contained at 5 to 20 wt % of total weight of the water holding material and an electron conductive material. Alternatively, carbon particles having water absorption amount at saturated water vapor pressure at 60° C. is not less than 150 cc/g are contained in the anode diffusion layer. Water absorption ratio of the anode diffusion layer at 60° C. is in a range of 40 to 85%, a differential pressure is in a range of 60 to 120 mmaq, and a ratio of quantity of electric charge of catalytic material of the cathode catalytic layer existing in proton conductive passage from the polymer electrolyte membrane is not less than 15% of the quantity of electric charge of all the catalytic material existing in the cathode catalytic layer. Furthermore, a layer including carbon particles having water absorption amount at saturated water vapor pressure at 60° C. of not less than 150 cc/g and fluorine resin, is arranged on a carbon-based material having a contact angle with water of not more than 90° by performing a hydrophilic treatment. The water absorption ratio at 60° C. is in a range of 40 to 85 wt %, and the penetration resistance is not more than 5 mΩ.
摘要:
A fuel cell includes a membrane-electrode assembly and a separator. The membrane-electrode assembly has an electrolyte and a pair of electrodes that are disposed on respective sides of the electrolyte. The membrane-electrode assembly and the separator are stacked in a stacking direction. A reaction surface of the membrane-electrode assembly is in a vertical direction along a direction of gravity and has a shape having a longer dimension in a horizontal direction. The fuel cell is provided with a reactant gas passage to allow a reactant gas to flow along a longitudinal direction of the reaction surface. The reactant gas is an oxidant gas or a fuel gas. A drain channel to allow product water from the reactant gas passage to be drained away is disposed between the membrane-electrode assembly and the separator and under the reaction surface in the direction of gravity.
摘要:
An electrode for a solid polymer fuel cell includes a gas diffusion layer, an electrode catalyst layer disposed between a solid polymer membrane of the fuel cell and the gas diffusion layer, and a water-holding layer disposed between the gas diffusion layer and the electrode catalyst layer. Under high-relative humidity conditions of reaction gases, flooding can be prevented because the electrode catalyst layer is made porous, while under low-relative humidity conditions of reaction gases, sufficient water contents can be stably provided thanks to the water-holding layer so that proton conductivity of the solid polymer membrane can be maintained appropriately. Consequently, high-performance and high-durability electrode and membrane electrode assembly for a solid polymer fuel cell can be provided such that the performance and the durability thereof are not affected by change in relative humidity in reactant gases supplied to the solid polymer fuel cell.