A New Method for Impregnating Nafion Solution into the Electrode of PEMFC

Authors

Qian TANG
Ming HAN
Bao-lian YI
Zhi-yin LIN

Corresponding Author

Qian TANG

Abstract

We have developed a new method for impregnating Nafion solution into the catalyst layer of homemade hydrophobic electrode using capillary process. Those electrodes show better performance and higher utilization of catalyst (detected by CV and TEM) than traditional spray method in PEMFC. According to the results of SEM photograph and linear_analysis of sulfur and platinum for the electrode cross_section, we can conclude that the resin is uniform in the catalyst layer and has almost same depth as catalyst in the impregnated electrode. While in traditional method resin is not uniform in the catalyst layer and penetrates into the diffusion layer, cathode will be flooded in this condition.

Keywords

PEMFC, Nafion, Impregnate method, Spray method, Performance of FC

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.61558/2993-074X.3265

Publication Date

2001-08-28

Online Available Date

2001-08-28

Revised Date

2001-08-28

Received Date

2001-08-28

Recommended Citation

Qian TANG, Ming HAN, Bao-lian YI, Zhi-yin LIN. A New Method for Impregnating Nafion Solution into the Electrode of PEMFC[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2001 , 7(3): Article 17.
DOI: 10.61558/2993-074X.3265
Available at: https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol7/iss3/17

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