Performance Comparison of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells with Nafion and Aquivion Perfluorosulfonic Acids with Different Equivalent Weights as the Electrode Binders

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A perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) ionomer, used as the proton conductor in the catalyst layer, influences significantly the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cell catalyst-coated membrane (CCM). In this paper, SSC-CCM is prepared by the SSC-PFSA (Aquivion, EW 720) ionomer, and the comparative sample (LSC-CCM) is based on the LSC-PFSA ionomer (Nafion, EW 1100). Compared with LSC-CCM, SSC-CCM shows higher porosity, larger electrochemical surface area (ECSA), and smaller high-frequency resistance. Polarization curves of SSC-CCM tested by the short stack show better performance than those of LSC-CCM, especially under the lower relative humidity operations. Moreover, the SSC-CCM outputs higher voltage and is more stable in the dynamic process with temperature continuously increasing under lower relative humidity operation. Such excellent performance of SSC-CCM is confirmed from the higher proton conductivity of SSC-PFSA under low relative humidity. These results indicate that the SSC-PFSA ionomer could be employed for the CCM catalyst layer under the operation conditions of low relative humidity and dynamic running for automotive applications.

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2020

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2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

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ACS omega - 5(2020), 28 vom: 21. Juli, Seite 17628-17636

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Englisch

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Li, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Jiabin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Guangying [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Shaoyun [VerfasserIn]
Xie, Guangyou [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 28.09.2020

published: Electronic-eCollection

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10.1021/acsomega.0c02110

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NLM312911173