EP3981039A1 - Brennstoffzelleneinheit - Google Patents

Brennstoffzelleneinheit

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EP3981039A1
EP3981039A1 EP20725466.5A EP20725466A EP3981039A1 EP 3981039 A1 EP3981039 A1 EP 3981039A1 EP 20725466 A EP20725466 A EP 20725466A EP 3981039 A1 EP3981039 A1 EP 3981039A1
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seal
particles
fuel cell
cell unit
sealing material
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Anton Ringel
Andreas RINGK
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Robert Bosch GmbH
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02Details
    • H01M8/0271Sealing or supporting means around electrodes, matrices or membranes
    • H01M8/0273Sealing or supporting means around electrodes, matrices or membranes with sealing or supporting means in the form of a frame
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02Details
    • H01M8/0271Sealing or supporting means around electrodes, matrices or membranes
    • H01M8/028Sealing means characterised by their material
    • H01M8/0282Inorganic material
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02Details
    • H01M8/0271Sealing or supporting means around electrodes, matrices or membranes
    • H01M8/028Sealing means characterised by their material
    • H01M8/0284Organic resins; Organic polymers
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02Details
    • H01M8/0271Sealing or supporting means around electrodes, matrices or membranes
    • H01M8/0286Processes for forming seals
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/10Fuel cells with solid electrolytes
    • H01M8/1004Fuel cells with solid electrolytes characterised by membrane-electrode assemblies [MEA]
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/10Fuel cells with solid electrolytes
    • H01M2008/1095Fuel cells with polymeric electrolytes
    • YGENERAL 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
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/30Hydrogen technology
    • Y02E60/50Fuel cells

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  • the present invention relates to a fuel cell unit according to the preamble of claim 1 and a method for producing a
  • Fuel cell units as galvanic cells convert by means of
  • Fuel cells are used in a wide variety of stationary and mobile applications, for example in houses without a connection to a power grid or in motor vehicles, in rail transport, in aviation, in space travel and in shipping.
  • fluids e.g. B. water, air, oxygen, hydrogen or methane
  • fluid channels such as channels, gas spaces and lines.
  • seals made of a sealing material. Due to the relatively large diffusion coefficient of the sealing material used in the seals, considerable diffusion occurs. What is particularly critical with the seals used is the
  • DE 10 2006 053 569 A1 shows a sealing structure on a separator of a fuel cell.
  • DE 10 2004 042 012 A1 discloses a method for aligning geometrically anisotropic, particulate materials in media by means of an electric field.
  • Fuel cells each comprising one
  • Proton exchange membrane an anode, a cathode, a
  • Gas diffusion layer a bipolar plate, at least one fluid channel for the passage of a fluid, at least one seal made of a sealing material for sealing the at least one fluid channel, with particles made of a particle material being arranged in the sealing material of the at least one seal to extend the diffusion path of the at least one seal sealed fluids. Due to the extension of the
  • the seals have a very small, average
  • the diffusion coefficient of the particulate material of the particles in each seal for the fluid to be sealed by each seal is smaller than the diffusion coefficient of the sealing material for the fluid to be sealed by each seal.
  • the diffusion coefficient of the particulate material is less than 90%, 70%, 60%, 50%, 40% or 30% of the
  • Diffusion coefficient of the sealing material Different diffusion coefficients thus occur in the seal, in particular the diffusion coefficients differ within the seal by at least 10%, 20%, 30%, 50%, 100% or 200%.
  • the aspect ratio of the particles is expediently greater than 1, 2, 5, 7 or 10. For example, with a maximum diameter in the direction of a fictitious plane spanned by the particle of 300 ⁇ m and a thickness of the particle perpendicular to the fictitious plane of 30 ⁇ m Aspect ratio
  • the particles are lamellar or needle-shaped.
  • the fictitious planes spanned by the particles are oriented essentially perpendicular to an ideal diffusion direction in each of the seals.
  • Essentially perpendicular means that the fictitious plane is oriented perpendicular to an ideal diffusion direction with a deviation of less than 30 °, 20 °, 10 ° or 5 °.
  • An ideal diffusion direction is a straight direction idealized represented by a half-line with a minimal path of the fluid to be sealed through the seal without taking into account the particles.
  • the particles are essentially disc-shaped and / or plate-shaped and / or needle-shaped and thus each span a fictitious plane.
  • the particles are preferably formed anisotropically.
  • the particulate material comprises a
  • the particulate material comprises a
  • ferromagnetic material for aligning the particles in a magnetic field.
  • the maximum diameter of the particles is expediently smaller than 1000 pm
  • the maximum diameter of the particles is greater than 5 pm, 10 pm, 100 pm or 200 pm.
  • the ratio of the volume fraction and / or the mass fraction lies between the particulate material and the
  • Sealing material between 1% and 95%, preferably between 3% and 80%, in particular between 5% and 70%.
  • a volume fraction of the sum of the particles and / or the particulate material in a seal of 5 ml and a volume fraction of the sealing material of 20 ml
  • Method according to the invention for producing a fuel cell unit with the steps: providing components for fuel cells, providing at least one seal made of a sealing material, joining the components of the fuel cells to form the fuel cells so that at least one fluid channel is sealed by the at least one seal , Joining the fuel cells to the
  • Fuel cell unit the seal being made available so that particles of a particulate material are arranged in the sealing material of the at least one seal in order to extend the diffusion path of the fluid sealed by the seal.
  • the particles each have a first
  • a maximum diameter and in a second direction a minimum diameter and the first and second directions are perpendicular to each other and aligned in a respective fictitious plane spanned by the particles and the particles are in the seal with an electrical and / or magnetic Field aligned so that the first and second directions are aligned essentially perpendicular to an ideal diffusion direction in the diffusion path in each of the seals.
  • the at least one seal is arranged in the electric and / or magnetic field, in particular before the components of the fuel cells are assembled, and the particle movements, in particular, in the electric and / or magnetic field during the arrangement of the at least one seal
  • Rotational movements in the sealing material brings about the alignment of the particles in the seal, ie the particles according to FIG Description in this patent application to be aligned in the seal.
  • the sealing material of the at least one seal is cured after the particles have been aligned in the at least one seal.
  • At least one fluid channel is sealed with the at least one seal during the joining of the fuel cells to form the fuel cell unit.
  • the particles each have a maximum diameter in a first direction and a minimum diameter each in a second direction and the first and second directions are perpendicular to one another and aligned in one plane and the particles are arranged in the seal so that the first and second directions are im
  • the particles are at least partially
  • Anisotropic means in particular that the particles have different physical and / or chemical properties in different directions of space due to the geometry and / or the particle material of the particles.
  • the layer to be sealed is expediently a bipolar plate and / or a housing and / or a wall of a channel and / or a wall of a supply line and / or a wall of a discharge line.
  • the particles comprise sheet silicates and / or glass and / or silicon dioxide and / or iron oxide and / or at least one metal and / or titanium dioxide and / or aluminum oxide and / or organic materials, for example liquid crystals, as particle material.
  • Fuel cell unit a fuel cell unit described in this patent application is produced and / or the method is implemented according to at least one feature of the patent application
  • the fuel cell unit described in this patent application is produced using the method described in this patent application.
  • proton exchange membranes, anodes, cathodes, gas diffusion layers and bipolar plates are made available as components for fuel cells.
  • the fuel cell unit comprises at least one connection device, in particular several connection devices, and tensioning elements.
  • Proton exchange membranes anodes, cathodes, gas diffusion layers and bipolar plates.
  • the connecting device is designed as a bolt and / or is rod-shaped.
  • the clamping elements are expediently designed as clamping plates.
  • Fuel cell system according to the invention in particular for a motor vehicle, comprising a fuel cell unit as a fuel cell stack
  • Fuel cells a compressed gas storage device for storing gaseous Fuel, a gas delivery device for delivering a gaseous oxidizing agent to the cathodes of the fuel cells, the
  • Fuel cell unit is designed as a fuel cell unit described in this patent application.
  • the gas delivery device is designed as a fan or a compressor.
  • the fuel cell unit comprises at least 3, 4, 5 or 6 connection devices.
  • the tensioning elements are plate-shaped and / or disk-shaped and / or flat and / or are designed as a grid.
  • the fuel is preferably hydrogen, reformate gas or natural gas.
  • the fuel cells are expediently designed to be essentially flat and / or disk-shaped.
  • the oxidizing agent is air with oxygen or pure oxygen.
  • a fuel cell unit is preferably a PEM fuel cell unit with PEM fuel cells.
  • Fig. 1 is a greatly simplified exploded view of a
  • Fuel cell system with components of a fuel cell Fuel cell system with components of a fuel cell
  • FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of part of a fuel cell
  • 3 shows a longitudinal section through a fuel cell
  • FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a fuel cell unit as
  • Fuel cell stack d. H. a fuel cell stack
  • FIG. 5 shows a section through a seal known from the prior art with a sectional plane parallel to a diffusion path of a fluid to be sealed by the seal
  • FIG. 6 shows a section through a seal in a first exemplary embodiment in a fuel cell unit according to the invention with the
  • FIG. 7 shows a section through a seal in a second exemplary embodiment in a fuel cell unit according to the invention with the
  • FIG. 11 shows a seal with aligned integrated particles between a first and second layer to be sealed in the assembled one
  • FIGS. 12 is a simplified perspective view of the particle; 13 shows a simplified side view of the particle according to FIGS. 12 and
  • FIG. 14 shows a simplified flow diagram of a method for producing fuel cell units.
  • the basic structure of a fuel cell 2 is shown as a PEM fuel cell 3 (polymer electrolyte fuel cell 3).
  • the principle of fuel cells 2 is that by means of a
  • electrochemical reaction electrical energy or electrical current is generated.
  • Hydrogen as a gaseous fuel is fed to an anode 7 and the anode 7 forms the negative pole.
  • a gaseous oxidizing agent namely air with oxygen, is passed to a cathode 8; H. the oxygen in the air provides the necessary gaseous oxidizing agent.
  • a reduction (electron uptake) takes place at the cathode 8. The oxidation as electron donation is carried out at the anode 7.
  • the open circuit voltage of the unloaded fuel cell 2 is 1.23 V. This theoretical voltage of 1.23 V is not achieved in practice. in the
  • the fuel cell 2 also comprises a proton exchange membrane 5 (Proton Exchange Membrane, PEM), which is arranged between the anode 7 and the cathode 8.
  • PEM Proton Exchange Membrane
  • the anode 7 and cathode 8 are layered or disk-shaped.
  • the PEM 5 acts as an electrolyte, catalyst carrier and separator for the reaction gases.
  • the PEM 5 also functions as an electrical insulator and prevents an electrical short circuit between the anode 7 and cathode 8.
  • proton-conducting films made from perfluorinated and sulfonated polymers are 50 ⁇ m to 150 ⁇ m thick
  • the PEM 5 conducts the protons H + and blocks other ions than
  • Protons H + essentially, so that the charge transport can take place due to the permeability of the PEM 5 for the protons H + .
  • the PEM 5 is essentially impermeable to the reaction gases oxygen O2 and hydrogen H2, ie blocks the flow of oxygen O2 and hydrogen H2 between a gas space 31 at the anode 7 with hydrogen H2 fuel and the gas space 32 at the cathode 8 with air or Oxygen O2 as an oxidizing agent.
  • the proton conductivity of the PEM 5 increases with increasing temperature and increasing water content.
  • the electrodes 7, 8 as the anode 7 and cathode 8 rest on the two sides of the PEM 5, each facing the gas spaces 31, 32.
  • a unit of the PEM 5 and the electrodes 6, 7 is referred to as a membrane electrode arrangement 6 (membrane electrode array, MEA).
  • MEA membrane electrode array
  • the electrodes 7, 8 are pressed with the PEM 5.
  • the electrodes 6, 7 are platinum-containing carbon particles attached to PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), FEP (fluorinated ethylene-propylene copolymer),
  • PFA perfluoroalkoxy
  • PVDF polyvinylidene fluoride
  • Catalyst layers 30 applied.
  • Gas space 31 with fuel on the anode 7 comprises nanodisperse platinum ruthenium on graphitized soot particles which are bound to a binder.
  • the catalyst layer 30 on the gas space 32 with oxidizing agent on the Cathode 8 analogously comprises nanodisperse platinum.
  • National®, a PTFE emulsion or polyvinyl alcohol are used as binding agents.
  • a gas diffusion layer 9 (gas diffusion layer, GDL) rests on the anode 7 and the cathode 8.
  • the gas diffusion layer 9 on the anode 7 distributes the fuel from channels 12 for fuel evenly on the
  • the gas diffusion layer 9 on the cathode 8 distributes the oxidizing agent from channels 13 for oxidizing agent evenly onto the catalyst layer 30 on the cathode 8.
  • the GDL 9 also draws water of reaction in the opposite direction
  • the GDL 9 keeps the PEM 5 moist and conducts the current.
  • the GDL 9 is, for example, from one
  • hydrophobized carbon paper and a bonded carbon powder layer hydrophobized carbon paper and a bonded carbon powder layer.
  • a bipolar plate 10 rests on the GDL 9.
  • Bipolar plate 10 serves as a current collector, for draining water and for conducting the reaction gases through a channel structure 29 and / or a flow field 29 and for dissipating the waste heat that occurs in particular at the cathode 8 during the exothermic electrochemical reaction.
  • channels 14 for the passage of a liquid or gaseous coolant are incorporated into the bipolar plate 10.
  • the channel structure 29 on the gas space 31 for fuel is formed by channels 12.
  • the channel structure 29 in the gas space 32 for oxidizing agent is formed by channels 13.
  • Bipolar plates 10 are used, for example, metal, conductive plastics and composite materials or graphite
  • a fuel cell unit 1 and / or a fuel cell stack 1 and / or a fuel cell stack 1 and / or a fuel cell stack several fuel cells 2 are arranged one above the other (FIG. 4).
  • 1 shows an exploded view of two fuel cells 1 arranged one above the other.
  • a seal 11 seals the gas spaces 31, 32 in a fluid-tight manner.
  • hydrogen H2 is stored as fuel at a pressure of, for example, 350 bar to 700 bar.
  • the fuel is passed through a high pressure line 18 to a pressure reducer 20 for reduction the pressure of the fuel in a medium pressure line 17 of approximately 10 bar to 20 bar.
  • the fuel is fed from the medium pressure line 17 to an injector 19.
  • the pressure of the fuel is on a
  • Injection pressure reduced between 1 bar and 3 bar.
  • the fuel is fed to a feed line 16 for fuel (FIG. 1) and from the feed line 16 to the channels 12 for fuel, which form the channel structure 29 for fuel.
  • the fuel thereby flows through the gas space 31 for the fuel.
  • the gas space 31 for the fuel is formed by the channels 12 and the GDL 9 on the anode 7.
  • the fuel not consumed in the redox reaction at the anode 7 and possibly water from a controlled humidification of the anode 7 is discharged from the fuel cells 2 through a discharge line 15.
  • a gas delivery device 22 for example designed as a fan 23 or a compressor 24, delivers air from the environment as an oxidizing agent into a supply line 25 for oxidizing agent. From the supply line 25, the air is supplied to the channels 13 for oxidizing agents, which form a channel structure 29 on the bipolar plates 10 for oxidizing agents, so that the
  • Oxidizing agent flows through the gas space 32 for the oxidizing agent.
  • the gas space 32 for the oxidizing agent is formed by the channels 13 and the GDL 9 on the cathode 8. After flowing through the channels 13 or the gas space 32 for the oxidizing agent 32, the oxidizing agent not consumed at the cathode 8 and that at the cathode 8 due to the
  • the water of reaction resulting from the electrochemical redox reaction is discharged from the fuel cells 2 through a discharge line 26.
  • a supply line 27 is used to supply coolant into the channels 14 for coolant and a discharge line 28 is used to divert that which is passed through the channels 14
  • the supply and discharge lines 15, 16, 25, 26, 27, 28 are shown in Fig. 1 as separate lines for reasons of simplicity and can actually be designed differently, for example as holes in a frame (not shown) or as aligned holes on the End area (not shown) superimposed bipolar plates 10.
  • the fuel cell stack 1 together with the compressed gas storage 21 and the gas delivery device 22 form a fuel cell system 4.
  • the supply and discharge lines 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 26, 27, 28 and the channels 12, 13, 14 and the gas space 31 for fuel and the gas space 32 for oxidizing agent each form a fluid channel 37 for the passage of a fluid.
  • the fuel cells 2 are arranged between two clamping elements 33 as clamping plates 34.
  • An upper clamping plate 35 rests on the uppermost fuel cell 2 and a lower clamping plate 36 rests on the lowermost fuel cell 2.
  • the fuel cell unit 1 comprises approximately 300 to 400 fuel cells 2, which are not all shown in FIG. 4 for reasons of drawing.
  • the clamping elements 33 bring on the
  • Fuel cells 2 apply a compressive force, d. H. the upper clamping plate 35 rests with a compressive force on the uppermost fuel cell 2 and the lower one
  • Clamping plate 36 rests on the lowermost fuel cell 2 with a compressive force.
  • the fuel cell stack 2 is thus braced in order to ensure the tightness for the fuel, the oxidizing agent and the coolant, in particular due to the elastic seal 11, and also to keep the electrical contact resistance within the fuel stack 1 as small as possible.
  • four connecting devices 39 are designed as bolts 40 on the fuel cell unit 1, which are subject to tension. The four bolts 40 are firmly connected to the chipboard 34.
  • FIG. 5 shows a section with a sectional plane parallel to a diffusion path 38 for a fluid to be sealed through a seal 11 made of a sealing material 42 known from the prior art. Solids also have one
  • Diffusion coefficients so that the fluid can diffuse through the sealing material 42 on a straight diffusion path 38 as the ideal diffusion direction 53. Due to the straight diffusion path, the fluid that diffuses through the sealing material 42 can cover a small minimal path, so that a relatively large volume flow of fluid can diffuse through the sealing material 42.
  • Fig. 6 is a section with a cutting plane parallel to the ideal
  • Fuel cell unit 1 shown.
  • the fluid to be sealed for example the fuel hydrogen H2, the oxidizing agent air or a liquid Coolant, for example water with antifreeze, is passed through a fluid channel 37 and the fluid channel 37 is closed by the seal 11
  • the seal 11 comprises a sealing material 42, for example a polymer such as PPS (polyphenylene sulfide as more temperature-resistant
  • thermoplastic plastic thermoplastic plastic
  • EPDM ethylene-propylene-diene rubber as synthetic rubber
  • adhesive adhesive
  • particles 41 made of a particulate material 43 Fluid cannot essentially diffuse through the particles 41, so that the diffusion path 38 of the fluid runs essentially exclusively in the sealing material 42.
  • the particle 41 thus forms a diffusion barrier for the fluid and thus the runs
  • Diffusion path 38 around the particles 41 This results in a longer diffusion path 38 in the seal 11 according to FIG. 6 than in the seal 11 according to FIG. 5.
  • the longer diffusion path 38 causes the seal 11 to have a lower average diffusion coefficient overall than the seal 11 according to FIG. 5 the state of the art.
  • Fig. 7 is a section with a cutting plane parallel to the ideal
  • Fuel cell unit 1 shown.
  • the particles 41 are as in FIG. 6
  • Disc-shaped or plate-shaped (FIG. 12) and have a maximum diameter 46 in a first direction 44 and a minimum diameter 47 in a second direction 45.
  • the first and second directions 44, 45 are perpendicular to each other and lie in one of the
  • the disk-shaped particles 41 spanned fictional plane 54 (FIG. 13).
  • the maximum diameter is 500 ⁇ m and the minimum diameter is 250 ⁇ m, so that the particles 41 have an aspect ratio of 2: 1 within the fictitious plane 54.
  • the first and second directions 44, 45 and the fictitious planes 54 spanned by the particles 41 are oriented perpendicular to the ideal diffusion direction 53 in order to achieve a small diffusion.
  • the fluid is thus forced to run a very long diffusion path 38 through the seal 11, so that the seal 11 has a smaller average diffusion coefficient overall having. This means that only very little fluid can diffuse through the seal 11.
  • the particles 41 are composed of an alignment layer 55 and a
  • the alignment layer 55 is used for alignment in an electric or magnetic field.
  • the alignment layer 55 is, for example, one
  • the alignment layer 55 is formed from a polarizable material or a material with dipole properties. These are, for example, materials made of molecules with a polar atomic bond in which the molecules have an asymmetrical structure such as aluminum chloride (AlC).
  • AlC aluminum chloride
  • glass or a metal layer, for example iron, brass or copper, with a very small diffusion coefficient can be used as the diffusion barrier layer 56.
  • FIGS. 1 The steps for producing a seal 11 with the aligned particles 41 are shown in FIGS.
  • a provision 57 of an uncured sealing material 42 with particles 41 is carried out.
  • a sealing material 42 with integrated particles 41 is applied 58 to a carrier layer 48 as a first layer 49 to be sealed, e.g. B. by means of a dispenser.
  • the first layer 49 to be sealed is the
  • Bipolar plate 10 is then over the sealing material 42 with the
  • a pole plate 51 is moved and an electrical voltage is applied between the pole plate 51 and the bipolar plate 10, so that between the positively charged pole plate 51 and the bipolar plate 10 as a negatively charged pole plate 52 with the applied sealing material 42, a static electric field with a field strength between 10 2 to 10 6 V / m. In contrast, it can also be an alternating electrical field.
  • Sealing material 42 as a fluid medium has not yet hardened in FIG. 9 and has a sufficient viscosity so that the particles 41 in the sealing material 52 can execute a movement, in particular a rotational movement, and align 59 to that effect according to the illustration in FIG. that the fictitious planes 54 spanned by the particles 41 are aligned essentially perpendicular to the ideal diffusion direction 53.
  • the sealing material 42 is then cured 60, for example thermally or by means of
  • Bipolar plate 10 is placed, d. H. an arrangement 61 of the seal 11 between two sealing layers 49, 50 is carried out.
  • the sealing material 42 with the non-aligned particles 41 can be applied to a carrier layer 48, which is not later used
  • Layer 49 to be sealed functions in particular there is no bipolar plate 10, so that after the alignment of the particles 41 and the hardening of the
  • Sealing material 42, the seal 11 is removed from the carrier layer 48 and placed on a layer 49, 50 to be sealed, in particular arranged 61 between two layers 49, 50 to be sealed.
  • the sealing material 42 with the particles 41 is arranged in a magnetic field for aligning the particles 41.
  • Fuel cell unit 1 associated significant advantages. As a sealing material 42 in the seals 11 it is due to the necessary properties of the
  • Sealing material 42 necessary to use sealing materials 42 with a relatively large diffusion coefficient because, for example, glass are not used as sealing material 42.
  • the aligned particles 41 have a very small diffusion coefficient and significantly increase the length of the diffusion path 38, so that as a result the seal 11 has a significantly smaller average diffusion coefficient than in a configuration from the prior art made only of the sealing material 42 without the particles 41.

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