EP1328987A2 - Procede d'exploitation d'une pile a combustible, pile a combustible a membrane electrolytique polymere mise en oeuvre et son procede de fabrication - Google Patents

Procede d'exploitation d'une pile a combustible, pile a combustible a membrane electrolytique polymere mise en oeuvre et son procede de fabrication

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EP1328987A2
EP1328987A2 EP01982119A EP01982119A EP1328987A2 EP 1328987 A2 EP1328987 A2 EP 1328987A2 EP 01982119 A EP01982119 A EP 01982119A EP 01982119 A EP01982119 A EP 01982119A EP 1328987 A2 EP1328987 A2 EP 1328987A2
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fuel cell
bipolar plate
intermediate layer
carbon
phosphoric acid
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Armin Datz
Harald Schmidt
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Siemens AG
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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
    • H01M8/0241—Composites
    • H01M8/0245—Composites in the form of layered or coated products
    • 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
    • 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
    • H01M8/0267—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors having heating or cooling means, e.g. heaters or coolant flow channels
    • 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
    • H01M8/10—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes
    • H01M8/1007—Fuel cells with solid electrolytes with both reactants being gaseous or vaporised
    • 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
    • H01M8/24—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells
    • H01M8/241—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells with solid or matrix-supported electrolytes
    • H01M8/2425—High-temperature cells with solid electrolytes
    • 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
    • H01M8/24—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells
    • H01M8/241—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells with solid or matrix-supported electrolytes
    • H01M8/2425—High-temperature cells with solid electrolytes
    • H01M8/2432—Grouping of unit cells of planar configuration
    • 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
    • H01M8/24—Grouping of fuel cells, e.g. stacking of fuel cells
    • H01M8/2459—Comprising electrode layers with interposed electrolyte compartment with possible electrolyte supply or circulation
    • 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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  • the invention relates to an operating method for a fuel cell and to a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell working therewith, in particular a high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell.
  • the invention also relates to a method for producing such a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell, in particular for use in the high temperature range, as a result of which such a fuel cell can be operated with reduced corrosion.
  • PEM polymer electrolyte membrane
  • a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell which is generally referred to as a PEM fuel cell (Polymer Electrolyte Membrane or Protone Exchange Membrane)
  • the operating temperature may increase from 65 ° C to 80 ° C at present Temperatures above 100 ° C, in particular 150 ° C to 200 ° C, considerable advantages can be achieved.
  • HT-PEM high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane
  • Units made of membrane and associated electrode are generally referred to as MEA (Membrane Electrode Assembly).
  • Corrosion tests in variously concentrated phosphoric acid (20 - 85%) up to temperatures of 150 ° C in a potential range from 0 to 1.1 volts show that no metallic material has sufficiently low corrosion current densities of less than 10 ⁇ 6 A / cm 2 to achieve the required service life to ensure the PEM of approx. 4000 h for mobile applications in vehicles or approx. 50,000 h for stationary applications.
  • the iron and nickel-based alloys commonly used in the chemical industry when using phosphoric acid without electrochemical potential show current densities of 10 "4 A / cm 2. Only glassy carbon is suitable for this to a limited extent, although here too the corrosion current densities increase at potentials of about 1 volt are high.
  • the object of the invention is to prevent corrosion as far as possible when operating a polymer electrolyte membra (PEM) fuel cell and to propose a related structure of the PE-M fuel cell and a method for its production.
  • PEM polymer electrolyte membra
  • the object is achieved according to the invention with an operating method for a fuel cell according to claim 1, an associated fuel cell being specified in claim 4.
  • the operating method according to the invention ensures that no corrosive liquid comes into direct contact with the bipolar plate when the fuel cell is operated at higher temperatures. This applies in particular to the use of phosphoric acid in the HT-PEM fuel cell.
  • a sufficiently electrically conductive intermediate layer is introduced between the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) and the bipolar plate, which prevents any phosphoric acid or a phosphoric acid / water mixture escaping from the MEA from reaching the bipolar plate.
  • MEA membrane electrode assembly
  • An at least two-layer structure is preferably selected, which becomes more hydrophobic and, at the same time, more porous with increasing proximity to the bipolar plate.
  • an intermediate layer is introduced between the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) and the bipolar plate.
  • the intermediate layer must have sufficient electrical conductivity and be designed such that no phosphoric acid or phosphoric acid / water mixtures can reach the bipolar plate.
  • a multilayered layer of hydrophobic carbon paper can be inserted as an intermediate layer.
  • a carbon paper can also be coated with a carbon / Teflon mixture, for example using a screen printing technique known per se.
  • FIG. 1 shows an arrangement in which a multi-layer structure made of differently hydrophobized carbon paper is present
  • FIG. 2 shows an arrangement in which a carbon layer is applied to the hydrophobized film in front of the bipolar plate of a fuel cell
  • FIG. 3 shows a detail from FIG. 2 for clarification of so-called spikes.
  • 1 denotes a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of a known polymer electrolyte membra (PEM) fuel cell and 3 denotes its bipolar plate.
  • MEA membrane electrode assembly
  • PEM polymer electrolyte membra
  • An arrangement according to FIG. 1 with the membrane electrode unit 1 and the bipolar plate 3 forms a single fuel cell unit with the other units.
  • a large number of fuel cell units form a fuel cell stack, which is also referred to in the technical field as a fuel cell stack or “stack *” for short.
  • the corrosion current densities for the bipolar plate it is necessary to keep the corrosion current densities for the bipolar plate at least below 10 "5 A / cm 2 , in particular below 10 " 6 A / cm 2 .
  • an electrically conductive intermediate layer with sufficient conductivity is introduced between the membrane-electrode unit 1 and the bipolar plate 3, which prevents phosphoric acid or phosphoric acid / water Mixtures reach the bipolar plate.
  • a multi-layer layer structure 10 is present as an intermediate layer, which in FIG. 1 consists of five layers of separate carbon papers 11 to 15.
  • the individual layers of carbon paper become more hydrophobic and, at the same time, more porous with increasing proximity to the bipolar plate 3.
  • the phosphoric acid or the phosphoric acid / water mixture is thus kept away from the bipolar plate 3.
  • the intermediate layer is implemented as an at least two-layer structure.
  • a layer structure 20 is shown specifically in FIG. 2, which consists of a carbon layer 22 of predetermined porosity and a hydrophobic film 23.
  • a carbon layer 22 and hydrophobic film 23 according to FIG. 2 an equivalent effect can be achieved by coating a carbon paper with a carbon / Teflon mixture.
  • Such a layer structure can be produced, for example, by known screen printing techniques.
  • the coating described can thus ensure that hydrophilic phosphoric acid or phosphoric acid / water mixtures emerging from the MEA only penetrate into the layers close to the MEA and are retained by the layer structure which becomes increasingly hydrophobic towards the bipolar plate before the acid becomes the bipolar Plate can attack.
  • the water of reaction formed at the operating temperature of the HT-PEM of approx. 160 ° C can escape in vapor form through existing pores.
  • Due to the hydrophobized film 23, the electrical contact between the MEA and the bipolar plate 3 can deteriorate in FIG. This can be counteracted by providing the bipolar plate 3 with knobs or so-called spikes, which are pressed into the hydrophobized film 23 and thus selectively improve the electrical contact. This is illustrated in FIG. 3 using the tips 35 on the bipolar plate 3.
  • a thin, electrically conductive, hydrophobic and acid-repellent layer can also be applied directly to the bipolar plate. This can be done by spraying on a mixture consisting of soluble amorphous Teflon or a Teflon dispersion and conductive carbon powder (eg Vulcan XC 72). The sprayed-on layer may need to be tempered after drying.
  • Carbon papers usually have porosities between 50 and 100 ⁇ m. In the case of a layer structure according to FIG. 1, however, porosities ⁇ 10 ⁇ m towards the bipolar plate would be required, in particular also in the nanometer range. If carbon paper with such porosities is not available, screen printing technology appears more suitable.
  • conductivities of at least 0.5 S x cm can be achieved with the layer structure. Higher conductivities are better, so that with the dimensions sought for the layer structure according to FIG. 1 or FIG. 2, surface resistances R F ⁇ 20 m ⁇ ⁇ cm -2 result. Corrosion is effectively prevented under these electrical boundary conditions, whereby the water can escape in vapor form and the phosphoric acid is held against it.
  • HT-PEM can use bipolar plates made of graphite as well as bipolar ones Plates made of inexpensive, easily machinable metallic materials can be used. Normally, these materials would be attacked by the operating conditions of the HT-PEM, ie when there is an electrochemical potential and an operating temperature of approximately 160 ° C., by phosphoric acid which can escape from the membrane.

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Abstract

Lors du fonctionnement d'une pile à combustible à membrane électrolytique polymère (polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell : PEMFC) connue, on doit s'attacher à éviter que de l'acide phosphorique, notamment, vienne en contact direct avec la plaque bipolaire métallique de la pile à combustible à hautes températures. La présente invention permet d'éviter ceci en ce qu'une couche intermédiaire (10, 20) suffisamment électro-conductrice est appliquée entre l'ensemble membrane-électrode (1) et la plaque bipolaire (3) de la pile à combustible. Ceci permet d'éviter qu'éventuellement de l'acide phosphorique issu de l'ensemble membrane-électrode (1) ou qu'un mélange acide phosphorique/eau n'arrive sur la plaque bipolaire (3). A cette fin, une structure stratifiée (10, 20) qui présente au moins deux couches et qui est de plus en plus hydrophobe et à pores de plus en plus fins à l'approche de la plaque bipolaire (3) est appliquée lors de la production de la pile à combustible.
EP01982119A 2000-09-29 2001-09-17 Procede d'exploitation d'une pile a combustible, pile a combustible a membrane electrolytique polymere mise en oeuvre et son procede de fabrication Withdrawn EP1328987A2 (fr)

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DE10048423A DE10048423A1 (de) 2000-09-29 2000-09-29 Betriebsverfahren für eine Brennstoffzelle, damit arbeitende Polymer-Elektrolyt-Membran-Brennstoffzelle und Verfahren zu deren Herstellung
DE10048423 2000-09-29
PCT/DE2001/003574 WO2002027837A2 (fr) 2000-09-29 2001-09-17 Procede d'exploitation d'une pile a combustible, pile a combustible a membrane electrolytique polymere mise en oeuvre et son procede de fabrication

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