Abstract:
PURPOSE: A method for preparing a composite polymer membrane of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell(PEMFC) is provided, which lowers a price of the polymer membrane, produces the electrolytic polymer membrane having a relatively thin thickness and reduces expansion and contraction of the polymer membrane. And a method for preparing a composite polymer membrane/electrode assembly by using the same is provided. CONSTITUTION: The method for preparing a composite polymer membrane comprises steps of: (i) hot pressing or rolling a perfluorosulfonylfluoride/TFE copolymer resin at 200-250 deg.C to obtain a pre-formed precursor sheet; (ii) after inserting a porous membrane in the center of the pre-formed precursor sheet, hot pressing or rolling it to obtain a composite sheet of the pre-formed precursor and the porous membrane; (iii) treating the composite sheet with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide in a 5-30 weight ratio to convert the composite pre-formed sheet consisting of the composite perfluorosulfonylfluoride/TFE copolymer resin into a Na+ formed composite perfluorosulfonate polymer membrane; and (iv) hydrating the Na+ formed composite perfluorosulfonate polymer membrane to convert it into a H+ formed composite perfluorosulfonate polymer membrane. The composite polymer membrane/electrode assembly is prepared by the steps of: (i) hot pressing or rolling a perfluorosulfonylfluoride/TFE copolymer resin at 200-250 deg.C to obtain a pre-formed precursor sheet; (ii) after inserting a porous membrane in the center of the pre-formed precursor sheet, hot pressing or rolling it to obtain a composite sheet of the pre-formed precursor and the porous membrane; (iii) treating the composite sheet with an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide in a 5-30 weight ratio to convert the composite pre-formed sheet consisting of the composite perfluorosulfonylfluoride/TFE copolymer resin into a Na+ formed composite perfluorosulfonate polymer membrane; (iv) coating the Na+ formed composite perfluorosulfonate polymer membrane with a platinum catalyst ink; and (v) hot pressing the catalyst ink coated composite polymer membrane at 120-200 deg.C to produce a composite polymer membrane/electrode assembly.
Abstract:
PURPOSE: A cylindrical anode supporting solid oxide fuel cell and its preparation method are provided which reduce the manufacturing cost of the cell without deteriorating the performance of the solid oxide fuel cell. CONSTITUTION: The cylindrical solid oxide fuel cell(1) comprises: (i) a porous cylindrical anode supporting pipe(2) consisting of Y2O3-stabilized ZrO2 containing 30-50 vol.% of Ni; (ii) an electrolytic layer(3) which is coated on the anode supporting pipe by a slurry coating method; and (iii) a cathode(4) which is formed by coating the electrolytic layer with slurry of (La, Sr) MnO powder. The method comprises steps of: (i) adding carbon as a pore forming agent to the Y2O3-stabilized ZrO2 containing 30-50 vol.% of Ni to obtain an anode slurry; (ii) molding the anode slurry into an anode supporting pipe by an extruding method; (iii) pre sintering the fuel pole supporting pipe; (iv) coating the fuel pole supporting pipe with an electrolytic slurry prepared from the Y2O3-stabilized ZrO2 containing 30-50 vol.% of Ni; (v) sintering the electrolyte coated anode supporting pipe; (vi) coating the electrolytic layer with a cathode slurry prepared from the (La, Sr) MnO powder; and (vii) sintering the coated cathod.