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Polymer electrolytic fuel battery

A fuel cell and polymer technology, applied in solid electrolyte fuel cells, fuel cells, fuel cell components, etc., can solve problems such as reducing system efficiency

Active Publication Date: 2004-09-22
PANASONIC CORP
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Problems solved by technology

If the gap between the gasket and the electrode is reduced, or substantially eliminated, in order to prevent the bypass of reactive gases when using conventional gaskets, then the removal of water from the electrode will require A lot of pressure, which will reduce the system efficiency

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[0093] FIG. 1 is a front view of an anode-side separator, and FIG. 2 is a rear view.

[0094] One anode-side separator 10 has a pair of fuel gas manifold holes 12 , a pair of oxidant gas manifold holes 13 , a pair of cooling water manifold holes 14 , a pair of spare manifold holes 15 and four bolt holes 11 .

[0095] The anode-side separator 10 has a gas flow passage 12b on the anode-facing side connected to the pair of fuel gas manifold holes 12 for supplying fuel gas to the anode and discharging fuel gas flow from the anode. The gas flow path 12b is constituted by a groove. The connection groove 12c connects the gas flow passage 12b and the fuel gas manifold hole 12 .

[0096] The partition plate 10 has a cooling water flow passage 14b connected to the pair of cooling water flow header holes 14 on its back side. The channel 14b is formed by two parallel grooves. Separator 10 also has O-ring grooves 12 a , 13 a and 15 a for receiving O-rings surrounding each of fuel gas ma...

Embodiment 2

[0121] Fig. 14 is a front view of an anode side separator, and Fig. 15 is a front view of a cathode side separator.

[0122] The anode side separator 50 has a pair of fuel gas header holes 52 . A pair of oxidant gas main pipe holes 53, a pair of cooling water main pipe holes 54, a pair of spare main pipe holes 55 and four bolt holes 51.

[0123] The cathode side separator 60 has a pair of fuel gas manifold holes 62 , a pair of oxidant gas manifold holes 63 , a pair of cooling water manifold holes 64 , a pair of spare manifold holes 65 and four bolt holes 61 .

[0124] Anode side separator 50 and cathode side separator 60 have seal grooves 50a and 60a at predetermined positions, respectively, for receiving anode side seal 56 and cathode side seal 66, as described below.

[0125] Figure 16 is a front view of the anode side separator 50 with the anode side seal 56 fitted in the groove 50a; and Figure 17 It is a partially enlarged cross-sectional view of the seal. Figure 19 ...

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[0153] (i) Manufacturing of separators

[0154] In Example 1, the anode-side separator shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 and the cathode-side separator 20 shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 were fabricated by processing an isotropic graphite plate. The thickness of the separator was 3 mm. The grooves constituting the gas and cooling water passages had a width of 2 mm and a depth of 3 mm.

[0155] (ii) Manufacture of seals

[0156] Such as Figures 5 to 8 As shown, the sealing composites 30 and 40 of Example 1 were fabricated with an adhesive layer.

[0157] A polymer film 4a with a thickness of 100 μm is placed in the mould. After the mold is clamped, at a temperature of 200°C and 150kgf / cm 2 The fluororubber is injection-molded under the molding pressure of 100 to form a predetermined seal 36 on the polymer film 4a. Also, a sealing member 46 was molded on the polymer film 4b having a thickness of 100 µm. Then, it was subjected to a secondary cross-linking treatment for 10 hours at a temperat...

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Abstract

A highly reliable polymer electrolyte fuel cell is provided at low costs by using a sealing member that is compact and has excellent gas tightness. The polymer electrolyte fuel cell includes an anode-side separator plate and a cathode-side separator plate that are provided with an anode-side sealing member and a cathode-side sealing member, respectively. These anode-side and cathode-side sealing members seal the cell in cooperation with a polymer electrolyte membrane at sealing parts where the anode-side and cathode-side sealing members are opposed to each other, thereby preventing gas from leaking out of gas flow channels. One of the anode-side and cathode-side sealing members has a pointed rib that comes in contact with the sealing parts in a linear manner, and the other sealing member comes in contact with the sealing parts surface to surface.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to polymer electrolyte fuel cells for use in portable power sources, power sources for electric vehicles, domestic combined power generation systems or the like. Background technique [0002] A fuel cell including a polymer electrolyte membrane can simultaneously generate electricity and heat by electrochemically reacting a hydrogen-containing fuel gas with an oxygen-containing oxidant gas, such as air. This fuel cell includes a polymer electrolyte membrane capable of selectively transporting hydrogen ions and a pair of electrodes (anode and cathode) formed on both sides of the polymer electrolyte membrane. These electrodes consist of a catalyst layer formed on both sides of the polymer electrolyte membrane and a gas diffusion layer formed on the outer surface of the catalyst layer. The catalyst layer is mainly composed of carbon powder carrying a platinum group metal catalyst, while the gas diffusion layer has good gas p...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): H01M2/08H01M8/00H01M8/02H01M8/10
CPCH01M8/0273Y02E60/50H01M8/0276H01M8/1004H01M8/1018H01M8/0267H01M8/241H01M8/2457H01M8/2483
Inventor 小原英夫日下部弘树羽藤一仁长谷伸启竹口伸介浦田隆行柴田础一富泽猛安本荣一笠原英男松本敏宏
Owner PANASONIC CORP