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Hydrophilic-hydrophobic surface of bipolar plate for fuel cell and preparation method thereof

A hydrophobic surface and fuel cell technology, which is applied to fuel cell components, fuel cells, solid electrolyte fuel cells, etc., can solve the problems of increasing manufacturing costs and steps, long UV irradiation time, and improving bipolar plates and gas diffusion layers. Contact resistance and other issues, to achieve the effect of good conductivity and good corrosion resistance

Active Publication Date: 2021-05-28
嘉隽氢能科技(上海)有限公司
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[0006] In order to ensure the complete removal of the hydrophobic layer in the above scheme, the UV irradiation time is long. If the photochemical reaction is incomplete, the hydrophobic layer will remain; at the same time, the material of the hydrophobic layer is a non-conductive long-chain alkyl material. If it is used for bipolar plates, it needs The conductive ridge will increase the contact resistance between the bipolar plate and the gas diffusion layer; secondly, the hydrophobic layer and the hydrophilic layer are two completely different materials, which will naturally increase the manufacturing cost and steps

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[0033]In order to make the process of forming hydrophilicity and hydrophobic surface, more time, more time and low cost, can be modified to metal, metal oxides or metal nitride surfaces with laser, metal oxides and nitrides The specific surface is directly scanned by the laser, and the characteristics of the nitride and oxidation are varied as the selected specific gas or mixed gas, and the characteristics of the nitride and oxidation are generated, thereby forming a particular hydrophobic or hydrophilic surface. The method of direct scanning is simple, straight and fast, and the material body is constant. There is no material residual problem; can also be controlled by a laser suitable wavelength, a spot size, a spot pattern, a pulse width, a scan speed and other parameter control. The roughness of the surface of the material changes in the contact angle of the surface of the material, more controllable. Thus, the present application provides a method for preparing a bipolar plate ...

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[0063]Such asfigure 1 Schematic flow chart, first preparing to clean the clean Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy plate bipolar plate; using Nd: YAG laser, wavelength is 1064 nm, pulse width 150ns, pulse repetition rate 50kHz, rectangular beam length 20mm * 0.1mm, energy density (FLUENCE) 1.2J / cm2The laser movement speed is 300 mm / s, with pure nitrogen into the surface of the protective gas, the gas is sprayed, so that the metal surface avoids oxidation and provides surface nitride, as the laser spot moves at the bipolar plate The titanium nitride film was formed on the surface, and the thickness of the nitride layer was about 3 μm;

[0064]Using the laser adopts the Gaussian spot size to 40 μm, energy density ~ 30J / cm2In the same way, the metal surface is protected from the surface of the valley surface, and the laid density is 5mm.-1The score width is about 40 μm, and the contact angle of the surface is controlled at 105 ° to 125 °;

[0065]The same operation is used in the same manner as t...

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[0068]Such asfigure 2 The flow schematic of a SUS316 stainless steel stamped bipolar plate, a layer of metal chrome layer is plated with a PVD or CVD; Spectial surface is scanned on the surface of the Nd: YAG laser, the wavelength is 1064 nm, pulse width 150ns, pulse repetition rate 50kHz , Rectangular beam length is 20mm * 0.1mm, energy density 0.5 ~ 2J / cm2The laser movement speed is 300 mm / s; atmospheric pressure, the surface of the gas is protected from the surface of the laser, and the metal surface avoids oxidation and provides surface nitride;

[0069]Using the laser adopts the Gaussian spot size to 40 μm, the energy density ~ 30J / cm2 is used, and the metal surface is protected by nitrogen, and the micrometer scratch is carved in the direction of the valley surface, and the score density is 5mm.-1The score width is about 40 μm, and the contact angle of the surface is controlled at 105 ° to 125 °;

[0070]The same operation is used in the same operation as nitriding step being:...

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Abstract

The invention provides a method for preparing the hydrophilic-hydrophobic surface of a bipolar plate used in a fuel cell. It first judges whether the bipolar plate contains R metal elements, and whether the surface of the bipolar plate is coated with a metal film according to the situation, and then Laser nitriding of the flow channel of the bipolar plate, engraving of the valley flow channel, and then laser oxidation and UV treatment on the ridge or side flow channel of the bipolar plate, thereby forming a hydrophilic-hydrophobic surface on the surface of the bipolar plate , so as to achieve the control of hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity. The present application also provides a hydrophilic-hydrophobic surface of a bipolar plate for a fuel cell. This application uses laser to modify the surface of the bipolar plate to achieve switching between superhydrophilicity and superhydrophobicity. The surface material meets the functional requirements of corrosion resistance and conductivity, and the manufacturing process is simple and economical.

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Technical field[0001]The present invention relates to the field of fuel cell proton exchange membrane, and more particularly to a bipolar plate hydrophilic-hydrophilic surface for fuel cells and a preparation method thereof.Background technique[0002]The key to sustained high performance energy of protonic membrane fuel cell is water balance. In order to make the proton film have a higher hydrogen ion conductivity, the proton film must contain a certain humidity, but when the fuel cell is operating, the moisture can cause the liquid water resistance reactant transmission, resulting in a decrease in performance. This kind of phenomenon that the effect is reduced by the accumulation of liquid water. The flooded may occur in the catalyst layer, the diffusion medium layer or the bipolar plate. Feeding of flooded affected by the material parameters of the fuel cell, the design and working conditions of the structure. In the case where the flow rate is slow, water is flooded in the flow pa...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01M8/0228H01M8/0208H01M8/10
CPCH01M8/0208H01M8/0228H01M2008/1095Y02E60/50Y02P70/50
Inventor 林晋贤
Owner 嘉隽氢能科技(上海)有限公司