摘要:
A polymer electrolyte membrane having excellent mechanical natures is provided. The polymer electrolyte membrane has an elastic modulus at 23° C. and a relative humidity of 50% of 400 MPa to 900 MPa and comprises at least one polymer, all of which have an aromatic ring on their main chain, at least one of which has an aliphatic chain on its main chain and at least one of which is a polymer electrolyte.
摘要:
The present invention is to provide an electrolyte membrane which retains durability even after having undergone a dimensional change accompanying chemical deterioration caused owing to radicals having high oxidizing ability such as hydroxyl radicals (.OH) or peroxide radicals (.OOH), and the selecting method thereof.An electrolyte membrane has an amount of dimensional change in a plane direction between dimensions obtained in a dry state before and after carrying out the Fenton test, the amount of dimensional change before and after the Fenton test being smaller than an amount of maximum elastic deformation in a plane direction obtained in dry state before carrying out the Fenton test, provided that the Fenton test is carried out under the following condition, and the selecting method of the same. (1) iron ion (Fe2+) concentration: 4 ppm, (2) hydrogen peroxide concentration: 3 wt %, (3) boiling temperature: 80° C., (4) boiling time: 120 minutes.
摘要:
The present invention provides polymer electrolyte that has the ion-exchange capacity of 1.7 meq/g or more and has the reduced viscosity of 160 mL/g or more at 40° C. when being made to be 1% by weight solution with at least one kind of solvent selected from the group consisting of N,N-dimethylformamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, dimethyl sulfoxide, N,N-dimethylacetamide, sulfolane, and γ-butyrolactone, and polymer electrolyte that has the ion-exchange capacity of 1.7 meq/g or more and the reduced viscosity of 160 mL/g or more at 40° C. when being made to be 1% by weight solution with at least one kind of solvent selected from the group consisting of N,N-dimethylformamide, N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone, and dimethyl sulfoxide.
摘要:
A polymer electrolyte fuel cell comprising: a solid polymer electrolyte membrane containing an aromatic polymer electrolyte; an electrode comprising a catalyst layer and a gas diffusion layer as an anode and a cathode to be joined on both surfaces of this solid polymer electrolyte membrane; a gas sealing material to be disposed in a periphery of the gas diffusion layer; and a separator having a reaction gas flow field; wherein said gas diffusion layer surrounds the whole outer edge of the gas flow field of said separator and has a larger area than an area occupied by the outer edge of the gas flow field of said separator is provided.
摘要:
The present invention is to provide an electrolyte membrane which retains durability even after having undergone a dimensional change accompanying chemical deterioration caused owing to radicals having high oxidizing ability such as hydroxyl radicals (.OH) or peroxide radicals (.OOH), and the selecting method thereof.An electrolyte membrane has an amount of dimensional change in a plane direction between dimensions obtained in a dry state before and after carrying out the Fenton test, the amount of dimensional change before and after the Fenton test being smaller than an amount of maximum elastic deformation in a plane direction obtained in dry state before carrying out the Fenton test, provided that the Fenton test is carried out under the following condition, and the selecting method of the same. (1) iron ion (Fe2+) concentration: 4 ppm, (2) hydrogen peroxide concentration: 3 wt %, (3) boiling temperature: 80° C., (4) boiling time: 120 minutes
摘要:
A membrane-electrode assembly 1 having an anode catalyst layer 20 and cathode catalyst layer 30 that are mutually opposing and a polymer electrolyte membrane 10 formed between the anode catalyst layer 20 and cathode catalyst layer 30, wherein the anode catalyst layer 20 is composed of a plurality of ion-exchange layers 20a and 20b with different layer ion-exchange capacities, and of the plurality of ion-exchange layers 20a and 20b, ion-exchange layer A (20a) having the smallest layer ion-exchange capacity is situated more toward the polymer electrolyte membrane 10 side than ion-exchange layer B (20b) having the largest layer ion-exchange capacity, and the ratio of the layer ion-exchange capacity of the ion-exchange layer B (20b) with respect to the layer ion-exchange capacity of the ion-exchange layer A (20a) is 1.7 or greater.
摘要:
A membrane-electrode assembly, containing an electrode catalyst containing a base metal complex, in which exchange current density i0 obtained from a Tafel plot, which is related to current density and voltage, is 5.0×10−4 Acm−2 or more, and in which a Tafel slope obtained from the Tafel plot is 450 mV/decade or less; anda membrane-electrode assembly, containing catalyst layers each containing an electrode catalyst on both sides of an electrolyte membrane, in which at least one of the catalyst layers comprises a non-noble metal-based electrode catalyst, and in which the electrolyte membrane is a hydrocarbon-based electrolyte membrane.
摘要:
A membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) comprising an anode catalyst layer and cathode catalyst layer placed opposite each other, and a polymer electrolyte membrane formed between the anode catalyst layer and cathode catalyst layer, as well as a fuel cell comprising the same. Either or both the anode catalyst layer and cathode catalyst layer comprise: a catalyst-supported material, having at least one catalyst substance selected from among platinum and platinum-containing alloys and a support on which the catalyst substance is supported; and a hydrocarbon-based polymer electrolyte. The catalyst-supporting ratio of the catalyst-supported material is 60 wt % or greater.
摘要:
A membrane-electrode assembly comprising an anode catalyst layer and cathode catalyst layer placed each other, and a polymer electrolyte membrane formed between the anode catalyst layer and cathode catalyst layer. The polymer electrolyte membrane comprises: a hydrocarbon-based polymer electrolyte, and the anode catalyst layer and cathode catalyst layer both comprise a catalyst-supported material, having at least one catalyst substance selected from among platinum and platinum-containing alloys and a support on which the catalyst substance is supported; and a polymer electrolyte. Either or both the anode catalyst layer and cathode catalyst layer have a catalyst-supporting ratio of 60 wt % or greater in the catalyst-supported material.
摘要:
A membrane-electrode assembly for a solid polymer fuel cell, which comprises a mutually opposing anode catalyst layer and cathode catalyst layer with a polymer electrolyte membrane formed between the anode catalyst layer and cathode catalyst layer, wherein the anode catalyst layer and cathode catalyst layer each contain a catalyst and a hydrocarbon-based polymer electrolyte with an ion-exchange group. If the ion-exchange group density of the anode catalyst layer is represented as α [μeq/cm2] and the ion-exchange group density of the cathode catalyst layer is represented as β [μeq/cm2], then α and β satisfy the following relational expressions (1), (2) and (3). β/α>1.0 (1) α