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Progress in Chemistry 2018, Vol. 30 Issue (2/3): 243-251 DOI: 10.7536/PC170818 Previous Articles   Next Articles

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High Performance and High Power Density Membrane Electrode Assembly for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Bin Chi, Sanying Hou, Guangzhi Liu, Shijun Liao*   

  1. School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
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    The work was supported by the State's Key Project of Research and Development Plan of China(No. 2016YFB0101201), the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 21476088, 51302091, U1301245), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(No. 2014A010105041, 2015A030312007), the Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology(No. 2015B010106012), the Educational Commission of Guangdong Province(No.2013CXZDA003), and the Guangzhou Science Technology Innovation Committee(No. 2016201604030012).
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Membrane electrode assembly(MEA) is the most important component of proton exchange membrance(PEM) fuel cell and it plays a crucial role for the performance of the fuel cell. High performance and high power density MEA is urgently desired for the commercialization of the fuel cell on a large scale. The conventional MEA is consist of proton exchange membrane, cathode/anode catalyst layer, cathode/anode gas diffusion layer(usually called five in one MEA), and the gas diffusion layer includes gas diffusion material and microporous layer. The performance of MEA depends on two aspects of materials and preparation technology. The preparation technology, the key component material of MEA and the platinum loading have an important influence on the performance and power density of MEA. In recent years, the performance of MEA has been greatly improved with the improvement of the key material(such as catalyst, proton exchange membrane) and the progress of preparation technology, and the volume power density of the Toyota Corporation can achieve as high as 3.2 kW/L. In this paper, the research progress of MEAs with high performance and high power density in recent years are introduced from the main views of MEA's preparation technology, involving the preparation technology of catalyst layer and gas diffusion layer. Meanwhile, the research progress are introduced in two aspects:reducing platinum loading and developing self-humidifying MEAs.
Contents
1 Introduction
2 Research and development of electrode preparation and assembly technology
3 Construction and research of proton exchange membrane and functional layers
3.1 The influence of proton exchange membrane on the performance of membrane electrode
3.2 Construction of catalyst layer
3.3 Construction of gas diffusion layer and microporous layer
4 Low platinum supported membrane electrode assembly with high performance
5 Self-humidifying membrane electrode assembly with high performance
6 Conclusion
Key words: membrane electrode assembly(MEA), proton exchange membrane(PEM), catalyst layer, gas diffusion layer, low platinum loading, self-humidifying MEAs, high power density

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