不同形貌碳对egpf双极板复合材料性能影响-effect of carbon with different morphologies on properties of egpf bipolar plate composites.docxVIP

Abstract The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) is a kind of clean energy, which convertes chemical energy directly into electrical energy. With the characteristics of high energy conversion rate, low pollution degree and operation temperature, PEMFC has been widely used in household electricity, electric car and outdoor power equipment. The bipolar plate is one of the main components of PEMFC and affects the development of the fuel cell. The bipolar plate for PEMFC was studied from two aspects. First of all, the adsorption compound method and the melt mixing method were used to prepare expanded graphite/phenolic resin (EG/PF) composite bipolar plate. The adsorption compound method toke full advantage of the porous structure of expanded graphite and the physical characteristics of thermoplastic phenolic resin. The composites complexed very completely. Melt mixing method used phenolic resin powder as raw materials mixing with expanded graphite directly and the preparation process was simple. The results showed that the preparation process would impact the product performance greatly. When the content of phenolic resin was in a certain range, the bipolar plate could meet the requirements of the composite performance of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In the second part, the solution blending method and melt mixing method were synthesized to prepare different morphologies carbon materials reinforced EG/PF composite bipolar plate. The content of phenolic resin is fixed at 45wt%. The optional carbon fillers were carbon nanotubes, graphene and carbon black. The characteristic of composite materials was measured by scanning electron microscope, infrared spectroscopic analysis, X-ray diffraction spectroscopy and thermal gravimetric. The electrical conductivity, mechanical properties, bulk density, porosity, corrosion current density and the contact angle of the bipolar plate were determined. The results show that the morphology, size and content of reinforced