机械振动对质子交换膜燃料电池耐久性的影响
Sitong Chen1, Xueke Wang2, Tong Zhu3
1School of Mechanical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Shenyang 110870, China.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 12, 2023
概括
振动通过增加接触阻力和松动组件,显著降低质子交换膜燃料电池 (PEMFCs). 纳米粒子在振动下也表现出改变的行为,影响燃料电池的耐用性.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 电化学 电化学 电化学
- 机械工程 机械工程
背景情况:
- 质子交换膜燃料电池 (PEMFC) 对于清洁能源至关重要,但它们在运行压力下的长期耐用性是一个关键挑战.
- 了解机械应力 (如振动) 对PEMFC性能和降解机制的影响,对于可靠的应用至关重要.
- 加速压力测试是评估燃料电池寿命和识别故障模式的标准方法.
研究的目的:
- 在加速应力测试下调查PEMFC的耐用性,特别是比较在振动和非振动条件下的性能.
- 分析振动对电化学性能,组件完整性和燃料电池内材料降解的影响.
- 为了量化由于振动暴露而导致的纳米粒子特性和分布的变化.
主要方法:
- 在PEMFCs上进行了300小时的加速应力测试,在恒定振动和静态 (非振动) 条件下进行并行实验.
- 电化学表征技术,包括极化曲线,阻抗光谱和循环电压测量,被定期使用.
- 在测试前和测试后使用X射线衍射 (XRD) 来分析 (Pt) 纳米粒子在催化剂层中的大小和分布.
主要成果:
- 与非振动条件相比,受到振动的PEMFC表现出明显的电压下降,特别是在高电流密度下.
- 振动显著增加了膜电极组件和双极板之间的接触阻力,并导致紧固螺丝松动.
- 在XRD分析中,与非振动条件 (3.17 nm) 相比,在振动 (3.43 nm和4.62 nm) 下的平均Pt粒子直径较小,在聚合物膜内溶解和重新沉积的速度增加.
结论:
- 机械振动对PEMFC的耐用性构成重大威胁,主要是通过增加接触电阻和损害机械完整性.
- 振动影响催化剂的纳米尺度行为,导致更小的粒子大小和膜内的再分配.
- 减轻振动影响对于提高PEMFC系统在苛刻应用中的运行寿命和可靠性至关重要.
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