JPH0212775A - Manufacture of fuel cell electrode base material - Google Patents

Manufacture of fuel cell electrode base material

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JPH0212775A
JPH0212775A JP63163001A JP16300188A JPH0212775A JP H0212775 A JPH0212775 A JP H0212775A JP 63163001 A JP63163001 A JP 63163001A JP 16300188 A JP16300188 A JP 16300188A JP H0212775 A JPH0212775 A JP H0212775A
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base material
electrode base
electrolyte
water
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Fumiyuki Asamizu
浅水 文幸
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Fuji Electric Co Ltd
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M4/00Electrodes
    • H01M4/86Inert electrodes with catalytic activity, e.g. for fuel cells
    • H01M4/88Processes of manufacture
    • H01M4/8803Supports for the deposition of the catalytic active composition
    • H01M4/8807Gas diffusion layers
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M4/00Electrodes
    • H01M4/86Inert electrodes with catalytic activity, e.g. for fuel cells
    • H01M4/88Processes of manufacture
    • H01M4/8817Treatment of supports before application of the catalytic active composition
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M4/00Electrodes
    • H01M4/86Inert electrodes with catalytic activity, e.g. for fuel cells
    • H01M4/88Processes of manufacture
    • H01M4/8817Treatment of supports before application of the catalytic active composition
    • H01M4/8821Wet proofing
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01MPROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY
    • H01M8/00Fuel cells; Manufacture thereof
    • H01M8/02Details
    • H01M8/0289Means for holding the electrolyte
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02EREDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E60/00Enabling technologies; Technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02E60/30Hydrogen technology
    • Y02E60/50Fuel cells
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02PCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P70/00Climate change mitigation technologies in the production process for final industrial or consumer products
    • Y02P70/50Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

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Abstract

PURPOSE:To improved the dispersing property of a fuel gas and an electrolyte by impregnating a porous electrode base material with ethylene tetrafluoride dispersion followed by heat treatment to afford a water repellency to the whole electrode base material, and then irradiating said electrode base material with a laser beam in a determined pattern to form an electrolyte reservoir. CONSTITUTION:A porous electrode base material is impregnated with ethylene tetrafluoride dispersion followed by heat treatment to afford a water-repellency to the whole electrode base material, and then irradiated with a laser beam in a determined pattern to form an electrolyte reservoir 3. Namely, the electrode base material 2 is irradiated with a laser beam from a laser beam irradiating part 14, and the impregnated and sintered ethylene tetrafluoride is evaporated by controlling a X-Y table 15 by numerical control according to a preset processing pattern to form the electrolyte reservoir 3. Hence, the electrolyte reservoir 3 can be formed in an optimal pattern, resulting in satisfactory dispersions of the fuel gas and the electrolyte, and the characteristic of the fuel cell is improved.

Description

【発明の詳細な説明】 〔産業上の利用分野〕 この発明は燃料電池電極基材の製造方法に係り、特に電
解質リザーバの形成方法に関する。
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Field of Application] The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a fuel cell electrode base material, and more particularly to a method for forming an electrolyte reservoir.

〔従来の技術〕[Conventional technology]

第6図は従来のマ) IJクス型燃料電池の単電池を示
す模式断面図である。電極基材2には電極触媒層でちる
酸化剤極触媒層7または燃料極触媒層5が結着される。
FIG. 6 is a schematic sectional view showing a single cell of a conventional IJ type fuel cell. An oxidizer electrode catalyst layer 7 or a fuel electrode catalyst layer 5, which is an electrode catalyst layer, is bonded to the electrode base material 2.

酸化剤極触媒層7と燃料極触媒層5が電解質を含むマI
J IJワックスをはさむ。セパレータ1が電極基材2
を流れる2種類の反応ガスを相互に分離する。電極基材
2には反応ガス通路9.10が設けられる。燃料極側の
電極基材にはさらに非はつ水部である電解質リザーバ3
とはつ水部である反応ガス供給基4とが設けられる。
The oxidizer electrode catalyst layer 7 and the fuel electrode catalyst layer 5 contain an electrolyte.
Apply J IJ wax. Separator 1 is electrode base material 2
The two reactant gases flowing through the reactor are separated from each other. The electrode substrate 2 is provided with reaction gas channels 9.10. The electrode base material on the fuel electrode side further includes an electrolyte reservoir 3 which is a non-water repellent part.
and a reaction gas supply group 4 which is a water-repellent part.

電極触媒層5,7にはマトリ、クス6より電解質が供給
され、電極基材2より反応ガスが供給される。電極触媒
層5,7の内部では電極触媒と電解質と反応ガスとによ
り三相界面が形成され、電気化学反応が進行する。燃料
極触媒層5には電解質連通孔8が設けられ電解質リザー
バ3より電解質がマトリ、クス6に供給される。反応ガ
ス通路9゜10にはそれぞれ燃料ガス、酸化剤ガスが流
される。第7図は第6図においてA、B矢視図である。
The electrode catalyst layers 5 and 7 are supplied with an electrolyte from the matrix and the matrix 6, and a reaction gas is supplied from the electrode base material 2. Inside the electrode catalyst layers 5 and 7, a three-phase interface is formed by the electrode catalyst, electrolyte, and reaction gas, and an electrochemical reaction progresses. An electrolyte communication hole 8 is provided in the fuel electrode catalyst layer 5, and electrolyte is supplied from the electrolyte reservoir 3 to the matrix and the matrix 6. A fuel gas and an oxidizing gas are flowed through the reaction gas passages 9 and 10, respectively. FIG. 7 is a view taken along arrows A and B in FIG. 6.

電極基材に電解質リザーバを設けるために従来はマスク
を載せ、スプレ塗布機を使用して四フッ化エチレンデイ
スパー−)ヨンを塗布し、熱処理を行って非はつ水部で
ある電解質リザーバ3を形成する方法が知られている。
Conventionally, in order to provide an electrolyte reservoir on the electrode base material, a mask was placed on the electrode base material, and tetrafluoroethylene dispersion was applied using a spray coating machine, followed by heat treatment to form the electrolyte reservoir 3, which is a non-water repellent part. There are known methods of forming .

〔発明が解決しようとする課題〕[Problem to be solved by the invention]

しかしながら上記方法によれば、リザーバーパターンを
形成させるマスクの構造上の複雑さから、リザーバーパ
ターンが制約され、燃料ガスの拡散及び電解質の円滑な
移動が阻害され、燃料電池の特性低下につながる可能性
が大きいという問題がある。
However, according to the above method, due to the structural complexity of the mask used to form the reservoir pattern, the reservoir pattern is restricted, inhibiting the diffusion of fuel gas and smooth movement of the electrolyte, which may lead to deterioration of the characteristics of the fuel cell. The problem is that it is large.

この発明は上記の点に鑑みてなされその目的は任意のパ
ターンの電解質リザーバが得られるようにして燃料ガス
および電解質の拡散性に優れる電極基材を製造する方法
を提供することにある。
The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to provide a method for manufacturing an electrode base material that can obtain an electrolyte reservoir with an arbitrary pattern and has excellent diffusivity for fuel gas and electrolyte.

〔課題を解決するだめの手段] 上記の目的はこの発明によれば厚さ方向については全長
にわたり、また面方向については局部的にはつ水部を設
けて電極触媒層に反応ガス供給を行うとともに前記はつ
水部を除く非はつ水部を電解質リザーバとしてマトリッ
クスに電解質の供給を行う燃料電池電極基材の製造方法
において、多孔質の電極基材に四ツ、化エチレンディス
/’P−ジョンを含浸したのち熱処理して電極基材全体
にはつ水性を賦与し、次いでレーザ光を所定のパターン
で照射して電解質リザーバを形成することにより達成さ
れる。
[Means for Solving the Problem] According to the present invention, the above object is to provide a water-repellent portion over the entire length in the thickness direction and locally in the planar direction to supply a reactive gas to the electrode catalyst layer. In the method for producing a fuel cell electrode base material, the non-water repellent part excluding the water repellent part is used as an electrolyte reservoir to supply an electrolyte to the matrix, and the porous electrode base material is provided with ethylene dichloride/'P. - This is achieved by impregnating the electrode base material with a gel and then heat treating it to impart water repellency to the entire electrode base material, and then irradiating it with laser light in a predetermined pattern to form an electrolyte reservoir.

四フフ化エチレンディスバージョンは熱処理によフ結着
しはつ水性を呈するに至る。レーザ光はン その熱作用によシ四フ、化エチレスを燃焼揮散させる。
Tetrafluoroethylene dispersion is bound by heat treatment and becomes water-repellent. The laser beam burns and volatilizes the chemical by its thermal action.

〔作 用〕[For production]

レーザ光は高精度でかつ任意の・母ターンの電解質リザ
ーバを形成することができる。
Laser light can form electrolyte reservoirs with high precision and arbitrary mother turns.

〔実 施 例〕〔Example〕

次にこの発明の実施例を図面に基いて説明する。 Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

第1図は本発明の実施例を示すもので、加工機本体11
の吸引テーブル12に電解質リザーバの形成される電極
基材2が取付けられる。第2図は第1図の側面図である
。電極基材2にレーザー光照射部14よりレーザ−光が
照射され、含浸、焼成された四フッ化エチレンを事前に
設定された加エバターンに従い、x−yテーブル15を
数値制御等によりコントロールし、蒸発させ、電解質リ
ザーバを形成させる。第3図、第4図は形成された電解
質リザーバのパターンを示す。第5図は第3図、第4図
の断面図である。
FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which a processing machine main body 11
The electrode base material 2 on which the electrolyte reservoir is formed is attached to the suction table 12 of the electrolyte reservoir. FIG. 2 is a side view of FIG. 1. The electrode base material 2 is irradiated with laser light from the laser light irradiation unit 14, and the impregnated and calcined tetrafluoroethylene is processed according to a preset evaporation turn, and the x-y table 15 is controlled by numerical control or the like. Evaporate and form an electrolyte reservoir. Figures 3 and 4 show the pattern of electrolyte reservoirs formed. FIG. 5 is a sectional view of FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG.

この発明においてはレーザ光照射に先立ち、四フッ化エ
チレンのデイスパージョンを含浸するので、スダレ−法
よりもディスバージョンの使用量を減らすことができる
。レーザ光使用により、コスト低減も可能となる。
In this invention, the dispersion of tetrafluoroethylene is impregnated prior to laser beam irradiation, so the amount of dispersion used can be reduced compared to the Sdale method. The use of laser light also makes it possible to reduce costs.

〔発明の効果〕〔Effect of the invention〕

この発明によれば厚さ方向については全長にわたり、ま
た面方向については局部的にはつ水部を設けて電極触媒
層に反応ガス供給を行うとともに前記はつ水部を除く非
はつ水部を電解質リザーバとしてマトリックスに電解質
の供給を行う燃料電池電極基材の製造方法において、多
孔質の電極基材に四フッ化エチレンディスパーゾ、ンを
含浸したのち熱処理して電極基材全体にはつ水性を賦与
し、次いでレーザ光を所定のパターンで照射して電解質
リザーバを形成するので、レーザ光照射パターンの任意
性や高精度の加工が行えることにより最良のパターンに
おいて電解質リザーバを形成することができ、その結果
燃料ガスおよび電解質の拡散が良好となり燃料電池の特
性が向上する。
According to this invention, a water-repellent portion is provided over the entire length in the thickness direction and locally in the planar direction to supply a reactive gas to the electrode catalyst layer, and a non-water-repellent portion excluding the water-repellent portion is provided. In a method for producing a fuel cell electrode base material in which electrolyte is supplied to the matrix by using the porous electrode base material as an electrolyte reservoir, a porous electrode base material is impregnated with tetrafluoroethylene dispersion, which is then heat-treated to coat the entire electrode base material. Since the electrolyte reservoir is formed by imparting a water-based material and then irradiating it with laser light in a predetermined pattern, it is possible to form the electrolyte reservoir in the best pattern due to the arbitrariness of the laser light irradiation pattern and high-precision processing. As a result, the fuel gas and electrolyte can diffuse well and the characteristics of the fuel cell are improved.

【図面の簡単な説明】[Brief explanation of the drawing]

第1図はこの発明の実施例に係るレーザ光照射に使用す
る装置の説明図、第2図は第1図に係る装置の側面図、
第3図、第4図はこの発明の実施例に係る電解質リザー
バのパターンを示す平面図、第5図は第3図または第4
図に示されるt極基板の断面図、第6図は従来の燃料電
池の単電池を示す模式断面図、第7図は第6図に示され
る単電池のA−B矢視図である。 2・・・電極基板、3・・・電解質リザーバ、4・・・
反応ガス供給基。 第 ■ 図 第 図 第 図 第 図 第 図
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of an apparatus used for laser beam irradiation according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a side view of the apparatus according to FIG. 1,
3 and 4 are plan views showing patterns of electrolyte reservoirs according to embodiments of the present invention, and FIG.
FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a unit cell of a conventional fuel cell, and FIG. 7 is a view taken along the line A-B of the unit cell shown in FIG. 6. 2... Electrode substrate, 3... Electrolyte reservoir, 4...
Reaction gas supply group. Figure ■ Figure Figure Figure Figure

Claims (1)

【特許請求の範囲】[Claims] 1)厚さ方向については全長にわたり、また面方向につ
いては局部的にはつ水部を設けて電極触媒層に反応ガス
供給を行うとともに前記はつ水部を除く非はつ水部を電
解質リザーバとしてマトリックスに電解質の供給を行う
燃料電池電極基材の製造方法において、多孔質の電極基
材に四フッ化エチレンディスパージョンを含浸したのち
熱処理して電極基材全体にはつ水性を賦与し、次いでレ
ーザ光を所定のパターンで照射して電解質リザーバを形
成することを特徴とする燃料電池電極基材の製造方法。
1) Water-repellent parts are provided over the entire length in the thickness direction and locally in the planar direction to supply reactive gas to the electrode catalyst layer, and the non-water-repellent parts except for the water-repellent parts are used as electrolyte reservoirs. In a method for manufacturing a fuel cell electrode base material in which an electrolyte is supplied to a matrix as a porous electrode base material, a porous electrode base material is impregnated with a tetrafluoroethylene dispersion and then heat treated to impart water repellency to the entire electrode base material, A method for producing a fuel cell electrode base material, comprising: then irradiating laser light in a predetermined pattern to form an electrolyte reservoir.
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