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본 명세서에는 안정하면서도 성능이 우수한 고분자 전해질의 재료인 신규한 폴리벤즈이미다졸리움이 제공되며, 상기 폴리벤즈이미다졸리움을 이용하면 불안정한 음이온 교환기의 단점을 보완함으로써, 높은 안정성과 고성능을 갖는 고분자 전해질 막 또는 촉매 바인더를 제공할 수 있는 효과가 있다.
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PURPOSE: A carbon monoxide poisoning relieving method of a fuel cell is provided to be able to easily relieve the carbon monoxide poisoning phenomenon of a cathode catalyst generated when a high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell uses hydrocarbon gas as fuel. CONSTITUTION: A carbon monoxide poisoning relieving method of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell comprises a step of supplying steam to the cathode of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. The working temperature of the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell is 120-200deg.C. At the working temperature of the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, steam is provided to the cathode of the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. A modified gas supply apparatus supplying modified gas to the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell supplies modified gas to the cathode of the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell with maintaining steam in the modified gas or adding steam.
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PURPOSE: A method for stabilizing structure of a membrane electrode assembly is provided to improve interface stability between an electrolyte membrane and a catalyst layer, by modifying edge parts of a polymer electrolyte membrane, which are not coated with a catalyst. CONSTITUTION: In a method for stabilizing structure of a membrane electrode assembly, the fuel cell membrane electrode assembly comprises a polymer electrolyte membrane, and a catalyst layer coated on the polymer electrolyte membrane. The method comprises a step of heat-treatment of the part of the polymer electrolyte membrane which includes one or more of an edge region of a polymer electrolyte membrane, a gas inlet region, and an outlet region(20). By the heat-treatment, the interface of the electrolyte membrane and catalyst layer is stabilized.
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본 발명은 촉매; 변성 알콕시레이트 화합물을 유효성분으로 포함하는 분산제; 전도성 이오노머; 및 용매를 포함하는 연료전지용 막-전극 접합체(MEA)의 제조를 위한 촉매 슬러리 조성물, 이를 사용한 연료전지용 막-전극 접합체의 제조방법 및 이로부터 제조된 연료전지용 막-전극 접합체에 관한 것이다. 촉매 슬러리 조성물에 포함된 촉매 및 전도성 이오노머 입자의 분산성을 향상시킬 수 있고, 이러한 촉매 슬러리 조성물을 도포하는 코팅공정과 용매를 제거하는 건조공정을 거친 후에 경우 균일성이 매우 우수하고 촉매와 이오노머 입자 사이가 연속적으로 이어지지 않아, 데드 스페이스(dead space)라 불리는 큰 크랙이 없는 구조 배열을 가진 촉매층을 형성할 수 있고, 궁극적으로 기공구조를 적용한 막-전극 접합체의 경우 향상된 성능을 나타낼 수 있다.
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산소환원반응의 활성과 안정성이 우수한 비-백금계 산소환원반응 활성 촉매인 팔라듐-이트륨 합금 촉매 및 그 제조 방법, 상기 촉매를 포함하는 연료전지가 제공된다. 해당 팔라듐-이트륨 촉매는 비-백금계로서 가격 측면에서 또한 우수하여 연료전지 특히 고분자 전해질 막 연료전지에 유용하게 사용될 수 있다.
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PURPOSE: A fuel cell electrolyte membrane is provided to have excellent cell performance and long term dimensional stability, and to obtain interfacial stability because a membrane/electrode interface separation phenomenon is not occurred after long term operation. CONSTITUTION: A fuel cell electrolyte membrane comprises a blend of sulfonated polymers which are the same, or two or more kinds of polymers having different sulfonation degrees. The sulfonate polymers are independently and respectively selected from sulfonated poly(ether sulfone), poly(thiosulfone), poly(ether ether ketone), polyimide, polystyrene, and polyphosphazene based sulfonated hydrocarbon based polymers. A membrane-electrode assembly comprises the fuel cell electrolyte membrane.
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PURPOSE: A molten carbonate fuel cell is provided to enhance mechanical strength and to maintain stability by providing lithium source to electrode. CONSTITUTION: A molten carbonate fuel cell includes reinforced lithium aluminate matrix. Inside the one or more of an air electrode and a fuel electrode, lithium source is filled. The reinforced lithium aluminate matrix is reinforced by including aluminum particles. The melting point of the lithium source is 200-500 deg. Celsius. A manufacturing method of the molten carbonate fuel cell including the reinforced LiAlO2 matrix comprises the following step: providing the lithium source one or more frame channels among the air electrode and the fuel electrode.
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본 발명은 (a) 촉매, 이온 전도성 고분자 및 용매로 촉매 잉크 슬러리를 제조하는 단계; (b) 상기 촉매 잉크 슬러리를 지지막에 도포하고, 진공 건조시키는 단계; 및 (c) 상기 지지막을 전해질막의 일면 또는 양면에 전사하여 전해질막에 촉매층을 형성하는 단계를 포함하는 연료전지용 막-전극 접합체의 제조방법, 이로부터 제조된 막-전극 접합체 및 이를 포함한 연료전지에 관한 것이다. 본 발명의 제조방법에 따르면, 기공율이 상승된 막-전극 접합체를 제조할 수 있으며, 이를 통해 전해질막과 전극 사이의 물질 전달 저항(mass transfer resistance)이 유의하게 감소될 수 있는 바, 궁극적으로 본 발명의 제조방법에 따라 제조된 막-전극 접합체를 포함한 연료전지의 출력 밀도 및 성능을 효율적으로 향상시킬 수 있다. 촉매층, 전해질막, 전사, 진공 건조, 지지막
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PURPOSE: A carbon supported platinum-iridium alloy catalyst and a method for synthesizing the same, an electrode fuel cell including the catalyst are provided to synthesize platinum-iridium alloy particles in a carbon support at a room temperature by supplying a stabilizer and a reducing agent in a colloidal solution containing a platinum precursor, an iridium precursor, and the carbon support. CONSTITUTION: A carbon supported platinum-iridium alloy catalyst is obtained by supplying a reducing agent in a colloidal solution containing a platinum precursor, an iridium precursor, and a carbon support. The colloidal solution contains a stabilizer. The synthesis of the carbon supported platinum-iridium alloy catalyst is implemented at a room temperature. The solvent of the colloidal solution is ethanol, methanol, or tetrahydrofuran. The stabilizer is an ammonium bromide-based compound represented by chemical formula 1. The pH value of the colloidal solution is between 1 and 11. The stabilizer is eliminated after the carbon supported platinum-iridium catalyst is obtained.
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PURPOSE: An apparatus and a method for sensing fuel concentration, a system apparatus and a method for the fuel recirculation of a fuel cell using the same, and a fuel cell using apparatus using the same are provided to use various materials having low conductivity as the material of an electrolyte film. CONSTITUTION: An apparatus(100) for sensing fuel concentration comprises a unit cell, a stack, and an open circuit voltage meter. The unit cell comprises electrolyte films(10), a reference electrode(13), and a measurement electrode(15). The reference electrode is formed in one side of the electrolyte films, and the measurement electrode is formed in the other side. The stack stacks the electrolyte films. The open circuit voltage meter measures the open circuit voltage of the unit cell or the stack.