期刊
ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
卷 41, 期 -, 页码 72-75出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2013.12.029
关键词
PEFC; MPL; Direct observation; Water transport; Phase state
资金
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [23686034] Funding Source: KAKEN
Micro-porous layers (MPLs) play an important role in the water management of polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs), however, the detailed mechanism of how the produced water is drained from these layers is not well understood. This paper observed the cross-sectional distribution of liquid water inside the cathode MPL to elucidate details of the phase state of the water transported through the MPL The freezing method and ctyo-scanning electron microscope (cryo-SEM) are used for the observations; the freezing method enables immobilization of the liquid water in the cell as ice forms by the freezing, and the cryo-SEM can visualize the water distribution in the vicinity of the MPL at high resolution without the ice melting. It was shown that no liquid water accumulates inside the MPL in operation at 35 degrees C, while the pores of the MPL are filled with liquid water under very low cell temperature operation, at 5 degrees C. These results indicate that the produced water passes through the MPL not as a liquid but in the vapor state in usual PEFC operation. Additionally, liquid water at the interface between the MPL and a catalyst layer (CL) was identified, and the effect of the interfacial contact on the water distribution was examined. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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