期刊
ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
卷 70, 期 -, 页码 65-68出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2016.06.017
关键词
Fuel cell; Membrane; Spray-coating; Impedance; Membrane electrode assembly
资金
- German Federal Ministry of Education (BMBF) [03SF0454C]
- NSERC
We present a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) manufacturing route, in which a thin layer of polymer electrolyte solution is spray-coated on top of gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) to work as a proton exchange membrane. Without the need for a pre-made membrane foil, this allows inexpensive, fast, large-scale fabrication of membrane-electrode assemblies (MEAs), with a spray-coater comprising the sole manufacturing device. In this work, a catalyst layer and a membrane layer are consecutively sprayed onto a fibrous gas diffusion layer with applied microporous layer as substrate. A fuel cell is then assembled by stacking anode and cathode half cells with the membrane layers facing each other. The resultant fuel cell with a low catalyst loading of 0.1 mg Pt/cm(2) on each anode and cathode side is tested with pure H-2 and O-2 supply at 80 degrees C cell temperature and 92% relative humidity at atmospheric pressure. The obtained peak power density is 1.29 W/cm(2) at a current density of 3.25 A/cm(2). By comparison, a lower peak power density of 0.93 W/cm(2) at 2.2 A/cm(2) is found for a Nafion NR211 catalyst coated membrane (CCM) reference, although equally thick membrane layers (approx. 25 pm), and identical catalyst layers and gas diffusion media were used. The superior performance of the fuel cell with spray-coated membrane can be explained by a decreased low frequency (mass transport) resistance, especially at high current densities, as determined by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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