微型多孔材料
碳纳米管
材料科学
化学工程
碳纤维
电解质
碳化物衍生碳
复合材料
纳米技术
碳纳米纤维
复合数
化学
电极
工程类
物理化学
作者
Rui Lin,Shenghao Tang,Xiaoyu Diao,Di Zhong,Liang Chen,Dieter Froning,Zhixian Hao
出处
期刊:Applied Energy
[Elsevier BV]
日期:2020-09-01
卷期号:274: 115214-115214
被引量:16
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.115214
摘要
• Detailed optimization of microporous layer containing carbon nanotubes is studied. • Carbon powder type has the greatest impact on the performance. • Large content and small diameter of carbon nanotubes promise better performance. • The excellent performance is due to the enhanced mass transfer and conductivity. • Severe flooding happened in some samples due to poor water management. Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell is a promising renewable energy technology. In order to further enhance the output performance improvement caused by the doping of multiwall carbon nanotubes in microporous layers, in this study, detailed optimization of microporous layers containing multiwall carbon nanotubes is accomplished. The synergy effects of carbon powder types, contents and diameters of multiwall carbon nanotubes, and microporous layer loadings are considered for the first time. The optimal composition under different humidity is obtained. It is found that among the four factors, carbon powder types have the greatest impact on the performance. The fuel cells containing thick multiwall carbon nanotubes exhibit more stable performance with the change of humidity. Microporous layers with large content of multiwall carbon nanotubes (15 wt%) promise better performance. The performance of microporous layer with the carbon powder of XC-72 is the worst due to inferior mass transfer and increased ohm resistance. The fuel cell with the optimized microporous layer exhibits excellent performance, under the temperature of 80 °C and 0.8 bar back pressure, the current density at 0.6 V is up to 1900 mA/cm 2 , and the max power density reaches 1180 mW/cm 2 . The significant improvement of performance can be attributed to favorable porous structure along with enhanced mass transfer and improved conductivity.
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