Journal
AICHE JOURNAL
Volume 68, Issue 8, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/aic.17719
Keywords
coating gap; particulate coating window; phase-field method; shear-induced migration; shear-thinning
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The continuous roll-to-roll slot die coating technique has shown great potential for fuel cell electrode fabrication. Analysis and simulation have been used to determine the particulate coating window, and the results show the impact of flow pattern transition and fluid parameters on the coating process.
The continuous roll-to-roll slot die coating technique has shown great potential for fuel cell electrode fabrication. It is essential to determine the particulate coating window to obtain a defect-free film of uniform thickness and uniform particle dispersion. For this dual-purpose, an additional upper operating limit has been proposed via a flow field analysis scheme that combines analysis and simulation. In this analysis, the fundamentals of flow pattern transition (Poiseuille-Couette-bubbly flow) behind coating limits are clarified. The Couette flow is advantageous for uniform shear rate and dispersion. Furthermore, phase-field simulations systematically investigate the effect of fluid and geometrical parameters and quantitatively present the flow limit with explicit expression. Results reveal that the slope of the upper limit is inversely correlated with shear-thinning index n while proportional to the coating gap H. Combining the bubble entrainment boundary, lower n and H are favorable for a larger particulate coating window.
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