Development of a Current Collector with a Graphene Thin Film for a Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell Module.
| Autor: | Kuan YD; Department of Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning and Energy Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung City 41170, Taiwan., Ke TR; Department of Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning and Energy Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung City 41170, Taiwan., Lyu JL; Department of Refrigeration, Air-Conditioning and Energy Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung City 41170, Taiwan., Sung MF; Kenda Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd., Yuan-Lin 51064, Taiwan., Do JS; Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung City 41170, Taiwan. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) [Molecules] 2020 Feb 20; Vol. 25 (4). Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Feb 20. |
| DOI: | 10.3390/molecules25040955 |
| Abstrakt: | This paper constructs planar-type graphene thin film current collectors for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). The present planar-type current collector adopts FR-4 as the substrate and coats a copper thin film using thermal evaporation for the electric-conduction layer. A graphene thin film is then coated onto the current collector to prevent corrosion due to electrochemical reactions. Three different coating techniques are conducted and compared: Spin coating, RF magnetron sputtering, and screen printing. The corrosion rates and surface resistances are tested and compared for the different coating techniques. Single cell PEMFCs with the developed current collectors are assembled and tested. A PEMFC module with two cells is also designed and constructed. The cell performances are measured to investigate the device feasibility. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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