WO2004042855A3 - Electrically conductive composite plates including flow field for direct methanol air breathing micro fuel cell applications - Google Patents

Electrically conductive composite plates including flow field for direct methanol air breathing micro fuel cell applications Download PDF

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WO2004042855A3
WO2004042855A3 PCT/CA2003/001678 CA0301678W WO2004042855A3 WO 2004042855 A3 WO2004042855 A3 WO 2004042855A3 CA 0301678 W CA0301678 W CA 0301678W WO 2004042855 A3 WO2004042855 A3 WO 2004042855A3
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fuel cell
direct methanol
cell applications
micro fuel
electrically conductive
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Peter Andrin
Biswajit Choudhury
Brent E Elliott
Scott B Fulton
Jan Ottenhof
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E I Du Pont Canada Company
Peter Andrin
Biswajit Choudhury
Brent E Elliott
Scott B Fulton
Jan Ottenhof
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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
    • H01M8/0234—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
    • H01M8/023—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
    • H01M8/0241—Composites
    • H01M8/0243—Composites in the form of mixtures
    • 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
    • H01M8/0247—Collectors; Separators, e.g. bipolar separators; Interconnectors characterised by the form
    • 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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Abstract

Disclosed are electrically conductive current collector plates for use in liquid feed direct methanol micro fuel cell applications wherein the plates (10) comprise graphite fibers and/or graphite powder and a polymer resin, preferably the polymer is selected from a liquid crystalline polymer, a thermoset and a thermoplastic polymer, and most preferably the polymer is liquid crystalline polymer. Also disclosed are conductive plates for use in liquid feed direct methanol micro fuel cell applications having different flow field designs and optionally including current collecting grooves.
PCT/CA2003/001678 2002-11-04 2003-10-30 Electrically conductive composite plates including flow field for direct methanol air breathing micro fuel cell applications WO2004042855A2 (en)

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EP1168473A2 (en) * 2000-06-19 2002-01-02 Nippon Pillar Packing Co., Ltd. Separator for a fuel cell battery and method of producing the same
WO2002065567A1 (en) * 2001-02-15 2002-08-22 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Polymer electrolyte type fuel cell
WO2004025761A2 (en) * 2002-09-12 2004-03-25 E.I. Dupont Canada Company Compositions and method for making fuel cell collector plates
WO2004030116A2 (en) * 2002-09-25 2004-04-08 E.I. Du Pont Canada Company Mesh reinforced fuel cell separator plate

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