- 데칼법을 이용한 연속 제조 공정에서의 고분자 전해질 연료전지용 전극 개발
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- 임성대,박석희,윤영기,양태현,김창수,Yim. Sung-Dae,Park. Seok-Hee,Yoon. Young-Gi,Yang. Tae-Hyun,Kim. Chang-Soo
- ㆍ 간행물명
- 신재생에너지
- ㆍ 권/호정보
- 2010년|6권 1호|pp.46-52 (7 pages)
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- 한국신재생에너지학회
- ㆍ 파일정보
- 정기간행물| PDF텍스트
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- 기타
Membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have been extensively studied to improve their initial performance as well as their durability and to facilitate the commercialization of fuel cell technology. To improve the MEA performance, particularly at low Pt loadings, many approaches have been made. In the present study, MEA performance improvement was performed by adding $TiO_2$ particles into the catalyst layer of MEA. Most of previous studies have focused on the MEA performance enhancement under low humidity conditions by adding metal oxides into the catalyst layer mainly due to the water keeping ability of those metal oxides particles such as $Al_2O_3$, $SiO_2$ and zeolites. However, this study mainly focused on the improvement of MEA performance under fully humidified normal conditions. In this study, the MEA was prepared by decal method aiming for a continuous MEA fabrication process. The decal process can make very thin and uniform catalyst layer on the surface of electrolyte membrane resulting in very low interfacial resistance between catalyst layer and the membrane surface and uniform electrode structure in the MEA. It was found that the addition of $TiO_2$ particles into the catalyst layer made by decal method can minimize water flooding in the catalyst layer, resulting in the improvement of MEA performance.