New Porous Carbon Materials as Gas Diffusion Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells

New porous carbon materials are proposed in which washi, the Japanese paper as well as cotton and other cellulose materials are carbonized by new method, retaining their original fibrous structures. Porous carbon sheets thus fabricated are used as gas diffusion layer in fuel cells. Fuel cell testing...

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Main Authors: Tatsuhiro OKADA, Mutsumasa KYOTANI, Tomoaki YAMAMOTO, Naofumi TERADA, Shin-ichi YOSHIDA
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Language:English
Published: The Electrochemical Society of Japan 2020-09-01
Series:Electrochemistry
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Online Access:https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/electrochemistry/88/5/88_20-64057/_pdf/-char/en
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author Tatsuhiro OKADA
Mutsumasa KYOTANI
Tomoaki YAMAMOTO
Naofumi TERADA
Shin-ichi YOSHIDA
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Mutsumasa KYOTANI
Tomoaki YAMAMOTO
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description New porous carbon materials are proposed in which washi, the Japanese paper as well as cotton and other cellulose materials are carbonized by new method, retaining their original fibrous structures. Porous carbon sheets thus fabricated are used as gas diffusion layer in fuel cells. Fuel cell testing is conducted and the optimum conditions of fabrication are investigated. Low cost and superior characteristics of new carbon structure are demonstrated based on morphological study and fuel cell polarization data.
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spelling doaj.art-e9f3f5981d7a49ba89965ebc9d6e782c2023-01-02T03:40:15ZengThe Electrochemical Society of JapanElectrochemistry2186-24512020-09-0188542342810.5796/electrochemistry.20-64057electrochemistryNew Porous Carbon Materials as Gas Diffusion Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel CellsTatsuhiro OKADA0Mutsumasa KYOTANI1Tomoaki YAMAMOTO2Naofumi TERADA3Shin-ichi YOSHIDA4Tsukuba Fuel Cell Laboratory, Inc.Tsukuba Fuel Cell Laboratory, Inc.Tottori Institute of Industrial TechnologyTottori Institute of Industrial TechnologyTottori Institute of Industrial TechnologyNew porous carbon materials are proposed in which washi, the Japanese paper as well as cotton and other cellulose materials are carbonized by new method, retaining their original fibrous structures. Porous carbon sheets thus fabricated are used as gas diffusion layer in fuel cells. Fuel cell testing is conducted and the optimum conditions of fabrication are investigated. Low cost and superior characteristics of new carbon structure are demonstrated based on morphological study and fuel cell polarization data.https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/electrochemistry/88/5/88_20-64057/_pdf/-char/enporous carbonmorphology retaining carbonizationgas diffusion layerpolymer electrolyte fuel cell
spellingShingle Tatsuhiro OKADA
Mutsumasa KYOTANI
Tomoaki YAMAMOTO
Naofumi TERADA
Shin-ichi YOSHIDA
New Porous Carbon Materials as Gas Diffusion Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
Electrochemistry
porous carbon
morphology retaining carbonization
gas diffusion layer
polymer electrolyte fuel cell
title New Porous Carbon Materials as Gas Diffusion Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
title_full New Porous Carbon Materials as Gas Diffusion Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
title_fullStr New Porous Carbon Materials as Gas Diffusion Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
title_full_unstemmed New Porous Carbon Materials as Gas Diffusion Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
title_short New Porous Carbon Materials as Gas Diffusion Layer for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells
title_sort new porous carbon materials as gas diffusion layer for polymer electrolyte fuel cells
topic porous carbon
morphology retaining carbonization
gas diffusion layer
polymer electrolyte fuel cell
url https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/electrochemistry/88/5/88_20-64057/_pdf/-char/en
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