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Anode moisturizing structure and passive direct methanol fuel cell using it

A methanol fuel cell, passive technology, applied in the direction of fuel cells, circuits, electrical components, etc., can solve the problems of short life, DMFC structure can not continue to work stably, etc., to achieve the reduction of internal resistance, transmembrane permeation rate reduction, discharge voltage and The effect of improving discharge time

Active Publication Date: 2019-04-16
SHANGHAI ADVANCED RES INST CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCI
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[0005] In view of the shortcomings of the prior art described above, the purpose of the present invention is to provide an anode moisturizing structure and a passive direct methanol fuel cell using it, which is used to solve the problem that the DMFC structure in the prior art cannot continue to work stably and has a short life.

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[0049] This example mainly compares the performance improvement of the moisturizing structure formed by the combination of alcohol-permeable water-repellent film and water-permeable alcohol-repellent film after it is applied to the battery, including the following steps:

[0050] 1. As a blank control group, press figure 1 As shown, a single PDMS-PSF membrane is used instead of a double-layer membrane structure to be clamped between the methanol storage tank and the anode collector plate, which is designated as component 1;

[0051] 2. As a blank control group, press figure 1 As shown, a single PVA-PAN film is used instead of a double-layer film structure to be clamped between the methanol storage tank and the anode collector plate, which is marked as component 2;

[0052] 3. As the experimental control group, figure 1 The two membranes shown are both PDMS-PSF membranes (alcohol-permeable and water-blocking membranes), which are denoted as module 1-1;

[0053] 4. As the exp...

Embodiment 2

[0060] This example mainly compares the performance improvement of the battery after the moisturizing structure formed by the combination of alcohol-permeable water-repellent-water-permeable alcohol-repellent film is applied to the battery when the temperature is higher and the humidity is lower, including the following steps:

[0061] 1. As a blank control group, press figure 1 As shown, a single PVA-PAN film is used instead of a double-layer film structure to be clamped between the methanol storage tank and the anode collector plate, which is marked as component 2;

[0062] 2. As the experimental control group, figure 1 The two films shown are PVA-PAN films, which are marked as module 2-2;

[0063] 3. As an experimental group, figure 1 The two membranes shown are PDMS-PSF membrane and PVA-PAN membrane respectively, which are denoted as module 1-2;

[0064] 4. During the experiment, for all test batteries, inject 1ml of pure methanol into the anode methanol storage tank, a...

Embodiment 3

[0067] This example mainly compares the performance improvement of the moisture-retaining structure formed by the combination of alcohol-permeable water-repellent-water-permeable alcohol-repellent membrane applied to the battery when lower temperature, higher humidity and larger buffer chamber are used, including Follow the steps below:

[0068] 1. As a blank control group, press figure 1 As shown, a single PVA-PAN film is used instead of a double-layer film structure to be clamped between the methanol storage tank and the anode collector plate, which is marked as component 2;

[0069] 2. As the experimental control group, figure 1 The two films shown are PVA-PAN films, which are marked as module 2-2;

[0070] 3. As an experimental group, figure 1 The two membranes shown are PTFE membrane and PVA-PAN membrane supported by carbon paper, which are denoted as module 1'-2;

[0071] 4. During the experiment, for all test batteries, inject 1ml of pure methanol into the anode met...

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The invention provides a positive electrode moisturizing structure and a passive type direct methanol fuel cell adopting the same. The positive electrode moisturizing structure comprises a methanol-penetrating water-blocking membrane and a water-permeating methanol-blocking membrane which are arranged oppositely; and a moisturizing hollow cavity is formed between the methanol-penetrating water-blocking membrane and the water-permeating methanol-blocking membrane so as to allow vapor returned from a membrane electrode negative electrode to pass through the water-permeating methanol-blocking membrane firstly and to be reserved in the moisturizing hollow cavity due to the blocking effect of the methanol-penetrating water-blocking membrane. By adoption of the positive electrode moisturizing structure provided by the invention, the vapor returned from the negative electrode of the membrane electrode can be effectively retained on a positive electrode catalytic layer to reduce diffusion and permeation speed of the vapor returned from the negative electrode of the membrane electrode to a positive electrode methanol storage tank due to concentration difference, so as to realize the moisturizing of the positive electrode catalytic layer of the fuel cell system, and the fuel mass transfer speed can be effectively controlled; in addition, due to the rising of the moisture content of an Nafion membrane, the battery internal resistance is lowered, and the trans-membrane permeation rate of the methanol steam is lowered, so that the discharge voltage and discharge time of the membrane electrode can be improved.

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technical field [0001] The invention belongs to the field of battery preparation, and relates to an anode moisturizing structure and a passive direct methanol fuel cell using the same. Background technique [0002] Passive direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is one of the most promising mobile power sources for portable electronic products. The DMFC system fueled by pure methanol is one of the key directions of DMFC structure optimization because it can maximize the energy density of the battery and reduce the corrosion rate of the circuit board. However, due to the high concentration of pure methanol and severe transmembrane penetration, it is easy to make the methanol oxidation exothermic reaction on the cathode side of the battery too violent, resulting in low discharge voltage of the membrane electrode assembly (MEA), excessive water loss of the Nafion membrane, and poor methanol utilization efficiency. low-level problems. For this reason, the structural optimization of d...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01M8/22H01M8/04828
CPCH01M8/04828H01M8/22Y02E60/50
Inventor 蒋晶晶张凤茹邹志青黄庆红杨辉
Owner SHANGHAI ADVANCED RES INST CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCI