Comparative evaluation of technologies and characteristics of porous conducting composites used in hydrogen fuel cells

The existing technologies for industrially manufactured GDL and their decomposition to the level of the individual constituents were analyzed and systematized. The cost and output of products manufactured with these technologies were compared. It was shown that the technology for manufacturing carbo...

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Published in:Fibre chemistry 2010-07, Vol.42 (1), p.50-55
Main Authors: Lysenko, V. A, Sal'nikova, P. Yu, Lysenko, A. A, Lysenko, O. V, Astashkina, O. V
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Binders
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Comparative analysis
Composite materials industry
Conduction
Cost engineering
Decomposition
Fibre
Fluoropolymers
Fuel cell industry
Fuel cells
Hydrogen
Hydrogen as fuel
Hydrogen fuels
Hydrophobicity
Organic Chemistry
Polymer Sciences
Polymers
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Summary:The existing technologies for industrially manufactured GDL and their decomposition to the level of the individual constituents were analyzed and systematized. The cost and output of products manufactured with these technologies were compared. It was shown that the technology for manufacturing carbon-polymer paper using fluoropolymers simultaneously as binder and water repellent and the technology for a sheet in the form of a nonwoven has the lowest cost and highest output. If the existing technologies are brought to the large-scale industrial level, GDL made from TEG can be of minimal cost.
ISSN:0015-0541
1573-8493
DOI:10.1007/s10692-010-9223-x