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Investigaciones a Escala de Poros sobre Microestructuras de Carbono Gradiente para Mejorar el Transporte de Masa en
Chao Zhang1, Lingquan Li1, Hao Wang1
1Marine Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 27, 2026
Resumen
La optimización del tamaño de las esferas de carbono en las pilas de combustible de membrana de intercambio de protones (PEMFC) mejora el transporte de oxígeno y el rendimiento electroquímico. Los diseños de gradiente mejoran la estructura de la capa de catalizador, aumentando la densidad de corriente en un 15,4%.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencia de materiales; Electroquímica; Ingeniería Química
Sus antecedentes:
- Las pilas de combustible de membrana de intercambio de protones (PEMFC) son cruciales para la energía limpia.
- El rendimiento de la capa de catalizador (CL) está limitado por el transporte de masa y la estructura.
- La optimización de la morfología del soporte de carbono es clave para mejorar la eficiencia de las PEMFC.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el efecto de las distribuciones no uniformes del diámetro de las esferas de carbono en las capas de catalizador de PEMFC.
- Analizar cómo los diferentes tamaños de las esferas de carbono impactan el transporte de oxígeno, la reactividad electroquímica y la morfología de la CL.
- Desarrollar un marco para diseñar estructuras de CL optimizadas.
Principales métodos:
- Se utilizó el método de Lattice Boltzmann (LBM) para simulaciones detalladas de capas de catalizador.
- Se simularon varias distribuciones del diámetro de las esferas de carbono, incluidos diseños de gradiente.
- Se analizaron la distribución del tamaño de los poros, las vías de difusión de oxígeno y el área de superficie activa electroquímica.
Principales resultados:
- Los diseños de gradiente de esferas de carbono modulan eficazmente la estructura de los poros y el transporte de oxígeno.
- Las esferas más grandes cerca de la capa de difusión de gas mejoran la conectividad de los poros; las esferas más pequeñas cerca de la membrana aumentan los sitios de reacción.
- Un diseño de gradiente de tres capas L-M-S mejoró la distribución de oxígeno y aumentó la densidad de corriente en un 15,4%.
Conclusiones:
- La optimización de la distribución del diámetro de las esferas de carbono es fundamental para mejorar el rendimiento de la capa de catalizador de PEMFC.
- Los diseños de gradiente ofrecen un enfoque novedoso para mejorar el transporte de masa y la eficiencia electroquímica en las CL.
- Este estudio proporciona información valiosa para el desarrollo de PEMFC de alto rendimiento de próxima generación.
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