CN114243048A - Fuel cell composite structure polar plate - Google Patents

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CN114243048A
CN114243048A CN202111346123.7A CN202111346123A CN114243048A CN 114243048 A CN114243048 A CN 114243048A CN 202111346123 A CN202111346123 A CN 202111346123A CN 114243048 A CN114243048 A CN 114243048A
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Abstract

The invention provides a fuel cell composite structure polar plate, which relates to the field of fuel cells and comprises a cathode plate, a membrane electrode and an anode plate which are sequentially overlapped, wherein a cathode channel is formed between the cathode plate and the membrane electrode, an anode channel is formed between the anode plate and the membrane electrode, flow field substrates are embedded at two ends of the cathode plate and the anode plate and are made of hydrophobic materials, a flow field outlet and a flow field outlet channel communicated with the flow field outlet are arranged on the flow field substrates, and the flow field outlet channel is embedded and clamped with the inlet and the outlet of the cathode and the anode. By arranging the flow field substrate made of the hydrophobic material, the resin flow field has a water contact angle of more than 100 degrees, so that liquid water and generated water which are sucked back in the public channel can be prevented from being frozen fast near an outlet, the phenomenon that the electric pile is started after the liquid water is frozen is avoided, and meanwhile, the water sucking back is reduced, so that the gas pressure loss of the battery can be reduced, and the air input of the battery is ensured to be sufficient.

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Fuel cell composite structure polar plate
Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of fuel cells, in particular to a fuel cell composite structure polar plate.
Background
Fuel cell power systems convert fuel and oxidant into electricity. One type of fuel cell power system employs a proton exchange membrane (hereinafter "PEM") to catalytically facilitate the reaction of a fuel (e.g., hydrogen) and an oxidant (e.g., air or oxygen) to generate electricity. The PEM is a solid polymer electrolyte that facilitates the migration of protons from the anode to the cathode in each individual fuel cell of a group of fuel cells typically employed in fuel cell power systems.
In a typical fuel cell stack of a fuel cell power system, individual fuel cells form channels through which various reactants and cooling fluids flow, i.e., cathode channels and anode channels in the present application.
However, there are two problems with cold start of a vehicle fuel cell stack: first, in the region where the air temperature is low, the generated water in the reaction region (cathode channel and anode channel) condenses into ice when it reaches the outlet, thereby blocking the outlet and causing failure in the secondary start-up. And secondly, residual water in the outlet public channel after starting and stopping can be sucked back to the position near the outlet, and can be frozen into ice under the freezing point condition to cause the next starting failure.
The heating plate is usually used to heat the stack at start-up, but the heating plate consumes much energy, and increases cost and volume.
Disclosure of Invention
Technical problem to be solved
Aiming at the defects of the prior art, the invention provides a fuel cell composite structure polar plate, which solves the problems in the background technology.
(II) technical scheme
In order to achieve the purpose, the invention is realized by the following technical scheme: a fuel cell composite structure polar plate comprises a cathode plate, a membrane electrode and an anode plate which are sequentially overlapped, wherein a cathode channel is formed between the cathode plate and the membrane electrode, an anode channel is formed between the anode plate and the membrane electrode, flow field substrates are inlaid at two ends of the cathode plate and the anode plate and are made of hydrophobic materials, and during actual production, a 3D printing process (small-batch production) or die-sinking forging (large-batch production) can be used. The flow field substrate is provided with a flow field outlet and a flow field outlet channel communicated with the flow field outlet, and the flow field outlet channel is embedded and clamped with the inlet and the outlet of the cathode and the anode.
Preferably, the two ends of the cathode channel are a cathode inlet and a cathode outlet, the two ends of the anode channel are an anode inlet and an anode outlet, the flow field outlet channel can be embedded into the cathode inlet or the cathode outlet or the anode inlet or the anode outlet, and the flow field substrate is provided with a fixing claw for being clamped at the inlet and the outlet.
Preferably, the material of the flow field substrate is thermoplastic resin.
Preferably, the flow field substrate is adhered to the gaps between the cathode plate and the anode plate by adhesive materials.
Preferably, the cathode channel and the anode channel are coated with hydrophilic coatings.
(III) advantageous effects
The invention provides a fuel cell composite structure polar plate. The method has the following beneficial effects:
1. the flow field substrate made of hydrophobic materials is arranged on the fuel cell composite structure polar plate, and the water contact angle is more than 140 degrees, so that liquid water in the public channel can be prevented from being sucked backwards. At the same time, the freezing of water near the channel exit can be prolonged, allowing sufficient time for the liquid water to drain out of the cell before it condenses into ice.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the overall split structure of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a flow field substrate of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a partial view of a flow field substrate and bipolar plate insert of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a graph of contact angle versus condensation temperature for the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a comparison of calculated values of drainage effect according to the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a graph comparing intake air split before and after modification of the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a graph of a flow field outlet channel distribution variation of the present invention;
FIG. 8 is a graph of the variation of the width of the flow field outlet channels of the present invention;
FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional shape variation of flow field outlet channels of the present invention;
fig. 10 is a diagram of the shape change of the flow field outlet channels of the present invention.
In the figure: the device comprises a cathode plate 1, a membrane electrode 2, an anode plate 3, a cathode channel 4, a cathode inlet 41, a cathode outlet 42, an anode channel 5, an anode inlet 51, an anode outlet 52, a flow field substrate 6, a flow field outlet 61, a flow field outlet channel 7 and a fixing claw 8.
Detailed Description
An embodiment of the present invention provides a fuel cell composite structure polar plate, as shown in fig. 1-10, including a cathode plate 1, a membrane electrode 2, and an anode plate 3, which are sequentially stacked, a cathode channel 4 is formed between the cathode plate 1 and the membrane electrode 2, and an anode channel 5 is formed between the anode plate 3 and the membrane electrode 2, which is the prior art.
Flow field base plates 6 are embedded at two ends of the cathode plate 1 and the anode plate 3, the flow field base plates 6 are formed by 3D printing of hydrophobic materials, and the flow field base plates 6 are made of thermoplastic resin. Specifically PP PTFE PPS PEEK in the thermoplastic resin. The 3D printed flow field substrate 6 has a super-hydrophobic surface coupling minimum aperture to prevent suck-back, and meanwhile, the thickness of the flow field substrate 6 can be adjusted to make up possible pores between the membrane electrode 2 and the polar plate in the cell, so that the cell structure is stable.
The 3D printed flow field substrate 6 is based on the technology that liquid water is not frozen at ultralow temperature: (1) liquid water freezing time control technology coupling based on heterogeneous nucleus generation theory. (2) Based on the composite structure polar plate manufacturing technology.
In particular, liquid water condensation rate
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f (theta) is the water contact angle of the surface of the flow channel.
As shown in fig. 4, the contact angle of the flow field of the conventional metal material is 50 to 60 °, and the condensation temperature is lower than-20 °. The contact angle of the composite polar plate is 100-170 degrees, and the condensation temperature can reach-50 degrees.
As shown in fig. 5, the drainage effect of the battery cell assembled with the composite-structured plate was compared with that of the conventional battery (here, the experimental subject was the toyota MIRAI2 generation). The surface of a continuous drainage channel is formed in the resin material flow field, and the residual water in the battery is reduced by more than 50% compared with a product sold in the market.
By arranging the flow field substrate 6 made of hydrophobic materials, the flow field has a water contact angle of more than 140 degrees, so that liquid water in the cathode channel 4 and the anode channel 5 of the common channel can be prevented from being sucked back. At the same time, the freezing of water near the channel exit can be prolonged, allowing sufficient time for the liquid water to drain out of the cell before it condenses into ice.
The flow field substrate 6 is provided with a flow field outlet 61 and a flow field outlet channel 7 communicated with the flow field outlet 61, and the flow field outlet channel 7 is embedded and clamped with the inlet and the outlet of the cathode and the anode. The gap between the flow field substrate 6 and the cathode plate 1 and the anode plate 3 is adhered by the adhesive material, so as to prevent water leakage in the gap.
As shown in fig. 7, the distribution position of the flow field outlet channels 7 on the flow field substrate 6 is not limited to one side, but may be distributed on any side of the flow field substrate 6 outside the flow field outlet 61, depending on the structure of the plate.
As shown in fig. 8-10, the width of the flow field outlet channel 7 can be freely changed according to actual requirements; the cross section shape of the flow field outlet channel 7 can be freely changed according to actual requirements; the shape of the flow field outlet channels 7 is not limited to a straight line and may be curved or otherwise. The width of the flow field outlet channels 7 can vary freely and can be conical.
As shown in fig. 3, the two ends of the cathode channel 4 are a cathode inlet 41 and a cathode outlet 42, the two ends of the anode channel 5 are an anode inlet 51 and an anode outlet 52, the flow field outlet channel 7 can be inserted into the cathode inlet 41 or the cathode outlet 42 or the anode inlet 51 or the anode outlet 52, and the flow field substrate 6 is provided with a fixing claw 8 for being clamped at the inlet and the outlet. The fixing claws 8 are used for embedding the flow field substrate 6 with the cathode plate 1 and the anode plate 3, and preventing the flow field substrate 6 from falling off.
The cathode channels 4 and the anode channels 5 are coated with hydrophilic coatings. The hydrophilic coating is silicon oxide. By providing a hydrophilic coating, the transport of water in the cathode channels 4 and the anode channels 5 can be facilitated.
As shown in fig. 6, the reduction in the suck-back water reduces the intake air flow resistance of the cells, thereby increasing the intake air distribution ratio between the cells in the stack.
Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.

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1. The utility model provides a fuel cell composite construction polar plate, includes negative plate (1), membrane electrode (2), anode plate (3) that coincide in proper order, be formed with cathode channel (4) between negative plate (1) and membrane electrode (2), be formed with anode channel (5) between anode plate (3) and membrane electrode (2), its characterized in that: flow field base plates (6) are inlaid at two ends of the cathode plate (1) and the anode plate (3), the flow field base plates (6) are made of hydrophobic materials, flow field outlets (61) and flow field outlet channels (7) communicated with the flow field base plates are arranged on the flow field base plates (6), and the flow field outlet channels (7) are inlaid in the inlet and outlet of the cathode and the anode.
2. A fuel cell composite construction plate as set forth in claim 1, wherein: the two ends of the cathode channel (4) are provided with a cathode inlet (41) and a cathode outlet (42), the two ends of the anode channel (5) are provided with an anode inlet (51) and an anode outlet (52), the flow field outlet channel (7) can be embedded into the cathode inlet (41) or the cathode outlet (42) or the anode inlet (51) or the anode outlet (52), and the flow field substrate (6) is provided with a fixing claw (8) used for being clamped at the inlet and the outlet.
3. A fuel cell composite construction plate as set forth in claim 1, wherein: the material of the flow field substrate (6) is thermoplastic resin.
4. A fuel cell composite construction plate as set forth in claim 1, wherein: and the flow field substrate (6) is adhered to the inlaid gaps of the cathode plate (1) and the anode plate (3) through a viscous material.
5. A fuel cell composite construction plate as set forth in claim 1, wherein: hydrophilic coatings are coated in the cathode channel (4) and the anode channel (5).
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