CN114373947B - Carbon paper gas diffusion layer for fuel cell and preparation method thereof - Google Patents

Carbon paper gas diffusion layer for fuel cell and preparation method thereof Download PDF

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CN114373947B
CN114373947B CN202210003907.8A CN202210003907A CN114373947B CN 114373947 B CN114373947 B CN 114373947B CN 202210003907 A CN202210003907 A CN 202210003907A CN 114373947 B CN114373947 B CN 114373947B
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The invention discloses a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell and a preparation method thereof, wherein the diffusion layer comprises a substrate layer and a microporous layer, a ventilation layer for increasing ventilation is arranged between the substrate layer and the microporous layer, the ventilation layer comprises a sulfonic acid group loaded on the substrate, and metal ions are grafted on the sulfonic acid group. The preparation method comprises the following steps: preparing a carbon paper substrate layer, mixing the carbon paper substrate layer with an ammonium salt aqueous solution, drying, and calcining in vacuum to decompose ammonium salt into-SO 3 H functional groups to be attached to the carbon paper; mixing carbon paper with metal salt and a reducing agent to enable the reduced metal to be grafted on-SO 3 H functional groups; and mixing carbon powder and PTFE by using an aqueous emulsion, spraying the mixture on the obtained carbon paper to form a microporous layer, and calcining the microporous layer in an inert atmosphere to obtain the carbon paper gas diffusion layer. According to the invention, the C-SO 3 H-M structure is constructed on the carbon paper, SO that the pores of the diffusion layer are more, and the air permeability is improved; further, the conductivity of the diffusion layer increases due to grafting of the metal.

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Carbon paper gas diffusion layer for fuel cell and preparation method thereof
Technical Field
The invention relates to a gas diffusion layer and a preparation method thereof, in particular to a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell and a preparation method thereof.
Background
Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells (PEMFCs) have good environmental benefits and high power density, so that the proton exchange membrane fuel cells have great application prospects in the field of mobile tools, and partially replace the market share of power lithium batteries in the field of automobiles. PEMFCs consist of a Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL), bipolar plates, and Membrane Electrodes (MEA), where the GDL requires the transport of reactant gases from the channels to the membrane electrode surface, and provides channels to flow the water produced by the cathode reaction from the catalytic layer to the outside of the stack, where good gas permeability, low resistance, corrosion resistance, matrix hydrophobicity, and good liquid flow channels are required. The usual gas diffusion layer consists of a substrate layer, a hydrophobic layer and a microporous layer.
Under the prospect of large-scale marketability application of PEMFCs, the cost of the catalyst is required to be reduced, the stability is required to be improved, the cost and the durability of an expansion layer are required to be reduced, the air inlet efficiency is improved, and the efficient performance of the catalytic reaction is ensured. The optimal choice for commercialization at present is carbon paper as a substrate layer, cost reduction and synergy are achieved by improving the carbon paper manufacturing process, and in addition, the processes of modifying the surface of the carbon paper, optimizing a hydrophobic layer, improving the porosity of a microporous layer and the like are performed. For example: oxygen transport and conductivity can be increased by establishing a linear pore gradient in the substrate layer. Wangrun introducing CeO 2 between the surface of the carbon paper and the microporous layer, and improving the conductivity and air permeability of the carbon paper diffusion layer by utilizing the conductivity and oxygen storage function of CeO 2. Chen et al regulate the porosity and pore size of microporous layers to improve air permeability, which is also a conventional method of regulating air permeability, wherein both hydrophobic macropores and hydrophilic micropores facilitate water flow. Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is commonly introduced as a hydrophobic material into the carbon paper diffusion layer, but since PTFE is not conductive, a balance between conductivity and hydrophobicity is required, so that hydrophilic functional groups are introduced between the carbon paper and the microporous layer to increase its wettability, a balance between hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity is achieved, and some acid corrosion resistant metal is introduced to enhance the conductivity of the carbon paper. In PEMFCs, besides catalysts and bipolar plates becoming research hotspots, the permeability and conductivity of the gas diffusion layer also affect the commercial scale of fuel cells. Here, while improving its high permeability, ensuring its good conductivity is a hot spot problem in current research of carbon paper diffusion layers.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to: the invention aims to provide a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell, which can improve the ventilation effect;
a second object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell.
The technical scheme is as follows: the carbon paper gas diffusion layer for the fuel cell comprises a substrate layer and a microporous layer, wherein a gas permeation layer for increasing gas permeability is arranged between the substrate layer and the microporous layer, the gas permeation layer comprises a sulfonic acid group loaded on a substrate, and metal ions are grafted on the sulfonic acid group.
Wherein the sulfonic acid group is obtained by decomposition of an ammonium salt.
Wherein, the metal ions are prepared in situ by the reduction reaction of metal salt and a reducing agent.
The preparation method of the carbon paper gas diffusion layer for the fuel cell comprises the following steps:
(1) Preparing a carbon paper substrate layer;
(2) Mixing the carbon paper substrate layer with an ammonium salt aqueous solution, drying, and then calcining in vacuum to decompose ammonium salt into-SO 3 H functional groups attached to the carbon paper;
(3) Mixing the carbon paper obtained in the step (2) with metal salt and a reducing agent to enable reduced metal to be grafted on-SO 3 H functional groups, and then cleaning and drying;
(4) Dispersing carbon powder and PTFE by using an aqueous emulsion, spraying the dispersion on the carbon paper obtained in the step (3) to form a microporous layer, and calcining the microporous layer in an inert atmosphere to obtain the carbon paper gas diffusion layer.
Wherein the product obtained in the step (2) is marked as C-SO 3 H; the product obtained in the step (3) is marked as C-SO 3 H-M; m represents a metal.
In the step (2), the addition amount of the ammonium salt on the carbon paper is 0-2.5 mg/cm 2, wherein 0 is not contained.
Wherein in the step (3), the addition amount of the metal on the carbon paper is 0-5 mg/cm 2, and 0 is not contained; the mass ratio of the metal salt to the reducing agent is 1:1000-1:5000; the metal is preferably Pt.
Wherein in the step (2), the calcining temperature is 160-180 ℃ and the calcining time is 2.2-5 h.
In the step (1), the carbon paper is immersed in PTFE solution, and after drying, the process is repeated; the mass percentage of the carbon powder to the PTFE is 4:1-2:1.
Wherein in the step (4), the calcining temperature is 330-360 ℃ and the calcining time is 1.5-3.0 h.
The beneficial effects are that: compared with the prior art, the invention has the following remarkable effects: 1. according to the invention, the C-SO 3 H-M structure is constructed on the carbon paper, SO that the pores of the diffusion layer are more, and the air permeability is improved; in addition, the conductivity of the diffusion layer is increased due to the grafting of metal; 2. the addition amount of the ammonium salt is 0-2.5 mg/cm 2, the air permeability is firstly increased and then reduced, and when the load capacity is 1.5mg/cm 2, the air permeability can reach 3210 ml/mm; 3. according to the invention, pt metal is grafted on the-SO 3 H functional group in situ, SO that the surface resistance and the contact resistance are greatly reduced, and therefore, the conductivity is greatly improved.
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FIG. 1 is a scanning electron microscope image of a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to the present invention.
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The present invention is described in further detail below.
Example 1
A method for preparing a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell, comprising the steps of:
(1) Soaking 3cm multiplied by 3cm blank carbon paper in 4% PTFE solution, performing ultrasonic treatment at 20kHz for 2 hours, drying, and repeating the steps for 2 times to prepare carbon paper containing 8% PTFE by mass fraction;
(2) Ultrasonically mixing the carbon paper prepared in the step (1) with 1.5mg (NH 4)2SO4 aqueous solution for 30 minutes, drying to remove water in the solution, then uniformly distributing (NH 4)2SO4 is subjected to vacuum calcination at 180 ℃ and kept for 4 hours, (NH 4)2SO4 is decomposed into-SO 3 H functional groups to be attached to the carbon paper), adding 5mg of chloroplatinic acid to 50mL of aqueous solution for ultrasonic mixing, then adding 10g of hexanediol for reduction at room temperature for 0.5 hour, grafting Pt after the reduction reaction on the-SO 3 H functional groups, and then cleaning and drying the solution;
(3) Weighing carbon powder and PTFE according to the weight percentage ratio of 4:1, dispersing with 100mL Triton X-100 aqueous emulsion, and stirring ultrasonically for 2 hours to mix uniformly;
(4) Spraying the emulsion prepared in the step (3) onto the carbon paper prepared in the step (2) to form a microporous layer;
(5) And (3) placing the sample prepared in the step (4) in a tube furnace for heat treatment, and preserving heat for 2.5 hours at 300 ℃ in Ar atmosphere to finally prepare the required carbon paper.
As shown in fig. 1, it can be seen from fig. 1 that some Pt metal nanoparticles are attached to the carbon fiber, and these particles greatly improve the conductivity of the carbon paper diffusion layer.
Example 2
On the basis of example 1, unlike example 1, (NH 4)2SO4 loading was 0.5mg/cm 2).
Example 3
On the basis of example 1, unlike example 1, (NH 4)2SO4 loading was 1mg/cm 2).
Example 4
On the basis of example 1, unlike example 1, (NH 4)2SO4 loading was 2mg/cm 2).
Example 5
On the basis of example 1, unlike example 1, (NH 4)2SO4 loading was 2.5mg/cm 2).
Example 6
On the basis of the embodiment 1, unlike the embodiment 1, in the step (3), the mass percentage of the carbon powder to the PTFE is 2:1.
Comparative example 1
On the basis of example 1, unlike example 1, no (NH 4)2SO4) was added in step (2).
Comparative example 2
On the basis of example 1, unlike example 1, no metal salt was added in step (2).
The following tests were performed on the carbon paper prepared in each of the above examples, and the test data obtained are shown in tables 1 and 2 below:
(1) And (3) air permeability test:
the testing method comprises the following steps: and testing the air permeability of the air diffusion layer by adopting an FBP-3 III porous material performance detector.
(2) Porosity test:
the testing method comprises the following steps: the porosity of the gas diffusion layer was tested by boiling method with reference to standard YB/T908-1997
(3) Contact resistance test:
The testing method comprises the following steps: firstly, clamping two polar plates, regulating and controlling the pressure to be 1MPa of the fuel cell assembly pressure, and measuring the resistance of the polar plates at the moment; then, different layers of gas diffusion layers are introduced between the two polar plates, the contact area between the gas diffusion layers is ensured to be 1cm multiplied by 1cm, and the total resistance when the layers are different is recorded.
(4) Surface resistance test:
The testing method comprises the following steps: the resistance of the carbon paper is directly tested on the surface of the carbon paper by using a four-probe tester.
Table 1 porosity and air permeability test data
Table 2 surface resistance and contact resistance test data

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1. The carbon paper gas diffusion layer for the fuel cell comprises a substrate layer and a microporous layer, and is characterized in that a gas permeation layer for increasing gas permeability is arranged between the substrate layer and the microporous layer, the gas permeation layer comprises a sulfonic acid group loaded on a substrate, and metal ions are grafted on the sulfonic acid group; the metal ion is platinum ion;
the preparation method of the carbon paper gas diffusion layer for the fuel cell comprises the following steps:
(1) Preparing a carbon paper substrate layer;
(2) Mixing the carbon paper substrate layer with an ammonium salt aqueous solution, drying, and then calcining in vacuum to decompose ammonium salt into-SO 3 H functional groups attached to the carbon paper; the addition amount of the ammonium salt on the carbon paper is 0-2.5 mg/cm 2, wherein 0 is not contained;
(3) Mixing the carbon paper obtained in the step (2) with metal salt and a reducing agent to enable reduced metal to be grafted on-SO 3 H functional groups, and then cleaning and drying;
(4) And (3) mixing carbon powder and PTFE by using an aqueous emulsion, then spraying the mixture on the carbon paper obtained in the step (3) to form a microporous layer, and calcining the microporous layer in an inert atmosphere to obtain the carbon paper gas diffusion layer.
2. The carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the sulfonic acid group is produced by thermal decomposition of an ammonium salt supported on a substrate.
3. The carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the metal ions are produced in situ by a reduction reaction of a metal salt and a reducing agent.
4. A method for producing a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 1, comprising the steps of:
(1) Preparing a carbon paper substrate layer;
(2) Mixing the carbon paper substrate layer with an ammonium salt aqueous solution, drying, and then calcining in vacuum to decompose ammonium salt into-SO 3 H functional groups attached to the carbon paper;
(3) Mixing the carbon paper obtained in the step (2) with metal salt and a reducing agent to enable reduced metal to be grafted on-SO 3 H functional groups, and then cleaning and drying;
(4) And (3) mixing carbon powder and PTFE by using an aqueous emulsion, then spraying the mixture on the carbon paper obtained in the step (3) to form a microporous layer, and calcining the microporous layer in an inert atmosphere to obtain the carbon paper gas diffusion layer.
5. The method of producing a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 4, wherein in the step (2), the ammonium salt is added to the carbon paper in an amount of 0 to 2.5mg/cm 2 excluding 0.
6. The method of producing a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 4, wherein in the step (3), the metal is added to the carbon paper in an amount of 0 to 5mg/cm 2 excluding 0.
7. The method for producing a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 4, wherein in the step (2), the calcination temperature is 160 ℃ to 180 ℃ and the time is 2.2h to 5h.
8. The method for producing a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 4, wherein in the step (3), the mass ratio of the metal salt to the reducing agent is 1:1000 to 1:5000.
9. The method of producing a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 4, wherein in the step (1), the step of producing a carbon paper base layer is: the carbon paper is immersed in the PTFE solution, dried, and the foregoing process is repeated.
10. The method for producing a carbon paper gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 4, wherein in the step (4), the calcination temperature is 330 to 360 ℃ and the time is 1.5 to 3.0 hours in the step (4).
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