Desenvolvimento de tecnologia para confecção de eletrodos e conjuntos eletrodo-membrana-eletrodo (MEA) por impressão à tela para aplicação em módulos de potência de células PEMFC

Autor: Valéria Cristina Fernandes, Edgar Ferrari da Cunha, Rafael Nogueira Bonifácio, Mauro André Dresch, Gustavo Doubek, Elisabete Inacio Santiago, Marcelo Linardi
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Química Nova, Vol 35, Iss 4, Pp 775-779 (2012)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1678-7064
0100-4042
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-40422012000400023
Popis: Significant functions in the Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) rely on Gas Diffusion Layers (GDLs), such as control the water balance in the membrane electrode assembly (MEA), allow suitable gas permeability and porosity, etc. Aware of the GDL importance in the cell performance and its great demand in scale-up projects, the fuel cell research group at Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares (IPEN) has developed a Sieve Printing method (innovative in Brazil) as a strategic solution for producing GDL and electrodes used in high power PEMFC stacks. The method has shown to be adequate to fabricate low cost electrodes, GDLs of different dimensions and to produce any amount of MEAs for power stacks.
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