Surface engineering of bipolar plate materials for better water management
    2.
    发明申请
    Surface engineering of bipolar plate materials for better water management 有权
    双极板材料的表面工程,以实现更好的水处理

    公开(公告)号:US20070141439A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-06-21

    申请号:US11313161

    申请日:2005-12-20

    IPC分类号: H01M8/02 B05D5/12

    摘要: A flow field plate or bipolar plate for a fuel cell, where a surface of the flow field plate is textured or roughened to change the surface morphology of the plate. A conductive coating is deposited on the roughened surface where the roughness of the surface of the plate increases the hydrophilic nature of the coating. Therefore, if the coating is naturally hydrophobic, the surface roughness makes the coating hydrophilic to wick water away. If the coating is a conductive hydrophilic coating, then the surface roughness makes the coating super-hydrophilic, and may counter the effects of surface contamination that would act to make the hydrophilic coating less hydrophilic.

    摘要翻译: 用于燃料电池的流场板或双极板,其中流场板的表面被纹理化或粗糙化以改变板的表面形态。 导电涂层沉积在粗糙表面上,其中板的表面的粗糙度增加了涂层的亲水性。 因此,如果涂层是天然疏水性的,则表面粗糙度使得涂层具有亲水性以吸水。 如果涂层是导电亲水涂层,则表面粗糙度使得涂层具有超亲水性,并且可以抵消表面污染的作用,从而使亲水涂层的亲水性降低。

    Flow field geometries for improved water management
    7.
    发明申请
    Flow field geometries for improved water management 有权
    流场几何改善水管理

    公开(公告)号:US20050175883A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-11

    申请号:US10772850

    申请日:2004-02-05

    摘要: An assembly for a fuel cell including an electrically conductive fluid distribution element including a flow field disposed on a surface of the element, wherein the flow field includes a plurality of channels for carrying the gaseous reactants of the fuel cell. The assembly also includes an electrically conductive member disposed at the surface of the element to serve as a gas diffusion media. The channels of the element include a plurality of sidewalls formed in various orientations, and the orientations of the side-walls form a cross-sectional geometry of the channel such that water collection regions are formed at an interface of the electrically conductive fluid distribution element and the electrically conductive member, and at a bottom portion of the channel.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于燃料电池的组件,包括导电流体分配元件,其包括设置在元件表面上的流场,其中所述流场包括用于承载燃料电池的气态反应物的多个通道。 组件还包括设置在元件的表面处以用作气体扩散介质的导电构件。 元件的通道包括以各种取向形成的多个侧壁,并且侧壁的取向形成通道的横截面几何形状,使得水收集区形成在导电流体分配元件和 导电构件,以及通道的底部。

    Super-hydrophilic nanoporous electrically conductive coatings for PEM fuel cells
    9.
    发明申请
    Super-hydrophilic nanoporous electrically conductive coatings for PEM fuel cells 有权
    用于PEM燃料电池的超亲水纳米多孔导电涂层

    公开(公告)号:US20070178357A1

    公开(公告)日:2007-08-02

    申请号:US11341355

    申请日:2006-01-27

    IPC分类号: H01M8/02 B05D5/12

    摘要: A flow field plate or bipolar plate for a fuel cell that includes a conductive coating having formed nanopores that make the coating hydrophilic. Any suitable process can be used to form the nanopores in the coating. One process includes co-depositing a conductive material and a relatively unstable element on the plate, and then subsequently dissolving the element to remove it from the coating and create the nanopores. Another process includes using low energy ion beams for ion beam lithography to make the nanopores.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于燃料电池的流场板或双极板,其包括具有形成的纳米孔的导电涂层,使得涂层具有亲水性。 可以使用任何合适的方法在涂层中形成纳米孔。 一种方法包括将导电材料和相对不稳定的元素共沉积在板上,然后随后溶解元素以将其从涂层中除去并产生纳米孔。 另一种方法包括使用低能离子束进行离子束光刻以制备纳米孔。