This application relates to the field of
proton exchange membrane fuel
cell technology, and provides a
gas diffusion layer, its preparation method, and its application. The
gas diffusion layer includes a substrate layer and a microporous layer disposed on one side of the substrate layer. The substrate layer has stacked
carbon fibers with voids between them. The microporous layer permeates into the substrate layer, forming overlapping portions, and partially permeates into the voids formed by the
carbon fibers in the substrate layer. The microporous layer has a
fluorine content of 12wt% to 25wt%, and the
water contact angle difference between the microporous layer and the substrate layer is Δ, where Δ satisfies 0°≤Δ≤5°. This
gas diffusion layer not only has good water drainage and permeability, but also, through the stacked arrangement of the substrate layer and the microporous layer, which gives the substrate layer and the microporous layer similar water properties, effectively reduces the condensation of
water vapor in the permeate gas within the gas
diffusion layer, increases the
humidity of the permeate gas, and thus effectively maintains the wettability of the
proton exchange membrane fuel
cell.