Progress of Self-Humidifying Membrane Electrode Assembly for Low Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

Authors

Bin CHI, The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province & The Key Laboratory of New Energy Technology of Guangdong Universities, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China;
Yue-kun YE, The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province & The Key Laboratory of New Energy Technology of Guangdong Universities, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China;
Shi-jie JIANG, The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province & The Key Laboratory of New Energy Technology of Guangdong Universities, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China;
Shi-jun LIAO, The Key Laboratory of Fuel Cell Technology of Guangdong Province & The Key Laboratory of New Energy Technology of Guangdong Universities, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China;Follow

Corresponding Author

Shi-jun LIAO(chsjliao@scut.edu.cn)

Abstract

The self/non-humidification membrane electrode assembly（SH-MEA）is an important pathway towards the self- humidification fuel cell and plays a crucial role for the large scale commercialization of low temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell (LT-PEMFC), because it not only can reduce the volume and complexity of fuel cell system, resulting in the decrease of the cost, but also can improve the output power density of the fuel cell system. Currently, the researches on the self-humidifying MEA of LT-PEMFC mainly focus on three aspects: the preparation of self-humidification proton exchange membrane, the construction of self-humidification catalyst layer, and the construction of composite self-humidifying layers. In this paper, the research progress and development trend in self-humidifying MEA for low temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell in recent years are reviewed.

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Keywords

low temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cell, membrane electrode assembly, self-humidifying, proton exchange membrane；catalyst layer, composite self-humidifying layers

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.13208/j.electrochem.180860

Publication Date

2018-12-28

Online Available Date

2018-12-17

Revised Date

2018-12-13

Received Date

2018-11-19

Recommended Citation

Bin CHI, Yue-kun YE, Shi-jie JIANG, Shi-jun LIAO. Progress of Self-Humidifying Membrane Electrode Assembly for Low Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell[J]. Journal of Electrochemistry, 2018 , 24(6): 628-638.
DOI: 10.13208/j.electrochem.180860
Available at: https://jelectrochem.xmu.edu.cn/journal/vol24/iss6/6

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