AU2001293546A1 - Fluid diffusion layers for fuel cells - Google Patents

Fluid diffusion layers for fuel cells

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AU2001293546A1
AU2001293546A1 AU2001293546A AU9354601A AU2001293546A1 AU 2001293546 A1 AU2001293546 A1 AU 2001293546A1 AU 2001293546 A AU2001293546 A AU 2001293546A AU 9354601 A AU9354601 A AU 9354601A AU 2001293546 A1 AU2001293546 A1 AU 2001293546A1
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Prior art keywords
diffusion layers
fluid diffusion
fuel cells
polymer
pyrrolidone
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Paul D. Beattie
Bien Chiem
Michael Todd Davis
Lynn C. Erickson
Kelvin Keen-Ven Fong
John Robert Gordon
Paul Kozak
Sheilah Neumann
Haijiang Wang
David P Wilkinson
Sonia Geillis Wong-Cheung
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Ballard Power Systems Inc
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Ballard Power Systems Inc
Siemens VDO Electric Drives Inc
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02—Details
    • H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
    • H01M8/023—Porous and characterised by the material
    • H01M8/0239—Organic resins; Organic polymers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01M—PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00—Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02—Details
    • H01M8/0202—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors
    • H01M8/023—Porous and characterised by the material
    • H01M8/0234—Carbonaceous material
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00—Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/30—Hydrogen technology
    • Y02E60/50—Fuel cells

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Electrochemistry (AREA)
  • General Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Inert Electrodes (AREA)
  • Ceramic Products (AREA)
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  • Carbon And Carbon Compounds (AREA)

Abstract

Fluid diffusion layers with favorable mechanical and electrical properties are prepared for fuel cell electrodes by impregnating a porous carbonaceous web with a carbonizable polymer having pyrrolidone functionality and then carbonizing the pyrrolidone polymer. The polymer having pyrrolidone functionality is stabilized against vaporization by use of an oxidization step prior to carbonization. The fluid diffusion layers are particularly suitable for use as gas diffusion layers in solid polymer electrolyte fuel cells.
AU2001293546A 2000-09-15 2001-09-14 Fluid diffusion layers for fuel cells Abandoned AU2001293546A1 (en)

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US66243700A 2000-09-15 2000-09-15
US09/662,437 2000-09-15
US09/951,655 2001-09-13
US09/951,655 US6667127B2 (en) 2000-09-15 2001-09-13 Fluid diffusion layers for fuel cells
PCT/CA2001/001307 WO2002023649A2 (en) 2000-09-15 2001-09-14 Fluid diffusion layers for fuel cells

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AT (1) ATE479208T1 (en)
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CA (1) CA2420485C (en)
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