The fabrication of integrated proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Excellent mechanical strength and electrochemical performance

Zhaoqi Ji; Yihao Huang; Qi Chen; Jinzhong An; Dong Hao; Zhaojie Shen; Conggan Ma; Yanyan Wang

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.04.009

The fabrication of integrated proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Excellent mechanical strength and electrochemical performance

Zhaoqi Ji
, Yihao Huang
, Qi Chen
, Jinzhong An
, Dong Hao
, Zhaojie Shen
, Conggan Ma
, Yanyan Wang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Traditional membrane electrode assembly, prepared by catalyst coated electrodes (CCE) and catalyst coated membrane (CCM), has a huge interface between electrodes and membranes, which affects the mechanical adhesion, proton/electron transfer and gas/liquid transport in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). In this study, an integrated membrane electrode assembly (I-MEA) was fabricated by the casting and doctor blade methods for low- and high-temperature PEMFCs, respectively. The results show that the maximum power density of I-MEA_LT is improved around 18% and its stripping force increased from 6.091 N to 7.387 N. I-MEA_HT reached 0.418 W/cm², which is 1.5 times higher than that of traditional MEA_HT. Meanwhile, it achieved the maximum stripping force of 9.374 N.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	158-163
Number of pages	6
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	65
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2024.04.009
State	Published - 2 May 2024
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Casting method
Doctor blade method
Integrated membrane electrode assembly
Interface resistance
Mechanical adhesion

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The fabrication of integrated proton exchange membrane fuel cells: Excellent mechanical strength and electrochemical performance

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