Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 306, Issue -, Pages 289-299Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2015.12.020
Keywords
Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Gas diffusion layer; PTFE distribution; Water breakthrough pressure; Contact angle
Funding
- Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) through the Strategic Japanese-Chinese Joint Research Program for High-efficient Energy Utilization
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This experimental study identifies the effect of through-plane polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) distribution in gas diffusion backing (GDB) on the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC). PTFE-drying under vacuum pressure created a relatively uniform PTFE distribution in GDB compared to drying under atmospheric pressure. Carbon paper samples with different PTFE distributions due to the difference in drying conditions were prepared and used for the cathode gas diffusion layer (GDL) of PEMFCs. Also investigated is the effect of MPL application on the performance for those samples. The current density (i) - voltage (V) characteristics of these PEMFCs measured under high relative humidity conditions clearly showed that, with or without MPL, the cell using the GDL with PTFE dried under vacuum condition showed better performance than that dried under atmospheric condition. It is suggested that this improved performance is caused by the efficient transport of liquid water through the GDB due to the uniform distribution of PTFE. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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