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CN109585858B - Preparation method of fuel cell gas diffusion layer with hydrophobicity - Google Patents

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CN109585858B
CN109585858B CN201811169893.7A CN201811169893A CN109585858B CN 109585858 B CN109585858 B CN 109585858B CN 201811169893 A CN201811169893 A CN 201811169893A CN 109585858 B CN109585858 B CN 109585858B
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The invention discloses a preparation method of a fuel cell gas diffusion layer with hydrophobicity, which comprises the following steps of carrying out hydrophobic treatment on a porous carbon fiber substrate in a hydrophobic agent solution; then carrying out heat treatment on the porous carbon fiber base material subjected to hydrophobic treatment at the temperature of 60-150 ℃ for 5-30 minutes; preparing microporous layer slurry, wherein the microporous layer slurry is prepared by mixing a hydrophobic agent, carbon black particles and water; coating the microporous layer slurry on one side of a porous carbon fiber substrate, and carrying out heat treatment at 60-150 ℃ for 5-30 minutes to obtain a fuel cell gas diffusion layer with hydrophobicity; the preparation method has the advantages of economy, rapidness and high production efficiency.

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Preparation method of fuel cell gas diffusion layer with hydrophobicity
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of fuel cells, and particularly relates to a preparation method of a gas diffusion layer of a fuel cell with hydrophobicity.
Background
The fuel cell has the advantages of high power density, high energy conversion efficiency, environmental friendliness and the like, is most hopeful to become a power source of a zero-pollution zero-emission electric automobile, and becomes one of hot spots of international high and new technology competition today when the global energy crisis and the environment are increasingly worsened.
A fuel cell is a device that directly converts the chemical energy of a fuel and an oxidant into electrical energy. The device has the greatest characteristic that the energy conversion efficiency is not limited by Carnot cycle, the energy conversion efficiency is as high as 60-80%, the actual use efficiency is 2-3 times of that of a common internal combustion engine, and the fuel cell has the advantages of diversified fuels, environmental friendliness, almost no emission of nitrogen oxides and sulfur oxides and the like. Due to these outstanding advantages, the development and application of fuel cell technology are receiving much attention from governments and large companies, and are considered to be the first choice for clean and efficient power generation in the 21 st century.
The fuel cell is mainly composed of bipolar plates, membrane electrodes, sealing elements, fasteners, end plates and the like. The membrane electrode mainly comprises a proton exchange membrane, a catalyst and a gas diffusion layer, and the gas diffusion layer of the fuel cell plays a role of a bridge for the hydro-thermal treatment of the fuel cell, provides necessary support for a catalyst layer of the membrane electrode of the fuel cell, provides a transmission channel for gas, water and heat management, and the like.
The existing preparation method of the gas diffusion layer is that a porous carbon fiber material is used as a base material, polytetrafluoroethylene emulsion is used as a hydrophobic agent, and high-temperature treatment (about 400 ℃) is needed to enable polytetrafluoroethylene to flow in a melting way to be hydrophobic on the pore wall of the porous carbon fiber material, so that the problems of high treatment temperature, long treatment time, high production cost of the production process and the like exist.
Therefore, the method for hydrophobic treatment process of the gas diffusion layer with low cost is found, and has important significance for improving the cost of the membrane electrode and the fuel cell.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims at the current research situation and provides a novel preparation method of a gas diffusion layer, which has the advantages of economy, rapidness and high production efficiency.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems is as follows: a method for preparing a gas diffusion layer using a novel hydrophobic material, comprising the steps of:
(1) carrying out hydrophobic treatment on the porous carbon fiber substrate in a hydrophobic agent solution;
(2) then, carrying out heat treatment on the porous carbon fiber base material subjected to hydrophobic treatment at the temperature of 60-150 ℃ for 5-30 minutes;
(3) preparing microporous layer slurry, wherein the microporous layer slurry is prepared by mixing a hydrophobic agent, carbon black particles (carbon powder) and water;
(4) and coating the microporous layer slurry on one side of the hydrophobic porous carbon fiber substrate, and carrying out heat treatment at the temperature of 60-150 ℃ for 5-30 minutes to obtain the hydrophobic fuel cell gas diffusion layer.
The preparation method of the fuel cell gas diffusion layer with hydrophobicity comprises the step (1) that the hydrophobizing agent solution is a low-molecular organic liquid containing furan rings, wherein the organic liquid is one or a mixture of furfuryl alcohol, furfural and difurfuryl alcohol.
The preparation method of the fuel cell gas diffusion layer with hydrophobicity comprises the following steps that the porosity of the porous carbon fiber base material in the step (1) is 60-90%; the thickness is 90 to 400 μm.
The preparation method of the fuel cell gas diffusion layer with hydrophobicity comprises the step (3) that the particle size of carbon black particles is 10-200 nm. The specific diameter-diameter ratio and the surface area are 50-1000 m2/g。
Compared with the prior art, the preparation method of the invention comprises the following steps:
the invention provides a gas diffusion layer of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell and a preparation method thereof, which can avoid the high-temperature treatment process of the gas diffusion layer;
2, the gas diffusion layer of the proton exchange membrane fuel cell and the preparation method thereof have simple, convenient and quick process treatment.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the structure of a gas diffusion layer according to the present invention;
fig. 2 and 3 are SEM images of the carbon fiber material of the present invention before and after the hydrophobic treatment.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the present invention relates to a method for preparing a gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell having hydrophobicity, the gas diffusion layer including a porous carbon fiber material and a microporous layer, both of which are a polymer of a low-molecular organic liquid containing furan rings as a hydrophobic agent.
Example 1
(1) Completely soaking a carbon fiber material (TGP-H-060 of Dongli company, the thickness of which is 190 mu m, the porosity of which is 78%) in a furfuryl alcohol solvent;
(2) the carbon fiber material was removed from the furfuryl alcohol solvent and dried at a temperature of 80 ℃ for about 5 minutes;
(3) weighing 5g of carbon powder (Vulcan XC-72R, Kabot corporation, particle diameter about 30nm, specific surface area about 250m2Per gram), 30 grams of furfuryl alcohol and 30 grams of water are ultrasonically mixed for 30 minutes to prepare microporous layer slurry;
(4) the microporous layer slurry was coated on one side of the hydrophobic-treated carbon fiber material and dried at a temperature of 80 c for about 5 minutes, to obtain a gas diffusion layer.
Example 2
(1) Completely soaking a carbon fiber material (TGP-H-090 of Dongli company, the thickness of which is 280 mu m, the porosity of which is 78%) in a mixed solvent of furfural and difurfuryl alcohol (the mass ratio is 1: 1);
(2) taking the carbon fiber material out of the mixed solvent of the furfural and the difurfuryl alcohol, and drying at the temperature of 150 ℃ for about 5 minutes;
(3) 5g of carbon powder (Ketjenblack EC-300J, Ketjenblack Corp., having a particle size of about 50nm and a specific surface area of about 250 m) was weighed2(g)), 30g of a mixed solvent of furfural and difurfuryl alcohol (mass ratio of 1: 1) 30g of water is ultrasonically treated for 30 minutes to prepare microporous layer slurry;
(4) the microporous layer slurry was coated on one side of the carbon fiber material subjected to the hydrophobic treatment, and dried at a temperature of 60 c for about 30 minutes, to obtain a gas diffusion layer.
Example 3
(1) Completely soaking a carbon fiber material (GDS 310, available from carbon energy company, with the thickness of 310 μm and the porosity of 77%) in a mixed solvent of furfuryl alcohol, furfural and difurfuryl alcohol (the mass ratio is 1: 1: 1);
(2) taking the carbon fiber material out of the mixed solvent of the furfural and the difurfuryl alcohol, and drying at the temperature of 150 ℃ for about 5 minutes;
(3) 5g of carbon powder (FCX 80 Kabot corporation, particle size about 100nm, specific surface area about 800 m) was weighed2Per gram), 30 grams of furfuryl alcohol, mixed dissolution of furfural and difurfuryl alcohol (mass ratio 1: 1: 1) 30g water ultrasoundMixing and preparing for 30 minutes to obtain microporous layer slurry;
(4) the microporous layer slurry was coated on one side of the hydrophobic-treated carbon fiber material and dried at a temperature of 150 c for about 5 minutes, to obtain a gas diffusion layer.

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1. A method of preparing a fuel cell gas diffusion layer having hydrophobic properties, characterized by: comprises the steps of
(1) Carrying out hydrophobic treatment on the porous carbon fiber substrate in a hydrophobic agent solution, wherein the hydrophobic agent solution is a low-molecular-weight organic liquid containing furan rings, and the organic liquid is one or a mixture of furfuryl alcohol, furfural and difurfuryl alcohol;
(2) then, carrying out heat treatment on the porous carbon fiber base material subjected to hydrophobic treatment at the temperature of 60-80 ℃ for 5-30 minutes;
(3) preparing microporous layer slurry, wherein the microporous layer slurry is prepared by mixing a hydrophobic agent, carbon black particles and water;
(4) and coating the microporous layer slurry on one side of the porous carbon fiber substrate, and carrying out heat treatment at the temperature of 60-80 ℃ for 5-30 minutes to obtain the hydrophobic fuel cell gas diffusion layer.
2. The method for preparing a hydrophobic gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the porosity of the porous carbon fiber substrate in the step (1) is 60 to 90%.
3. The method for preparing a hydrophobic gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the porous carbon fiber substrate in the step (1) is 90 to 400 μm.
4. The method for preparing a hydrophobic gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the carbon black particles in the step (3) have a particle size of 10 to 200 nm.
5. The method for preparing a hydrophobic gas diffusion layer for a fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the carbon black particles in the step (3) have a particle diameter to surface area of 50 to 1000m2/g。
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