对PEM燃料电池催化剂层中增强质量运输的梯度碳微结构的孔尺度调查
Chao Zhang1, Lingquan Li1, Hao Wang1
1Marine Engineering College, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116026, China.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)
|January 27, 2026
概括
在质子交换膜燃料电池 (PEMFC) 中优化碳球尺寸可以提高氧气运输和电化学性能. 梯度设计改善了催化剂层结构,增加了15.4%的电流密度.
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
- 化学工程是化学工程的重要组成部分.
背景情况:
- 质子交换膜燃料电池 (PEMFCs) 对清洁能源至关重要.
- 催化剂层 (CL) 的性能受到质量运输和结构的限制.
- 优化碳支形态是提高PEMFC效率的关键.
研究的目的:
- 调查碳球直径分布不均对PEMFC催化剂层的影响.
- 分析不同碳球尺寸如何影响氧气运输,电化学反应和CL形态.
- 开发一个框架来设计优化的CL结构.
主要方法:
- 使用格子博尔茨曼方法 (LBM) 进行触媒层的详细模拟.
- 模拟了各种碳球直径分布,包括梯度设计.
- 分析了毛孔尺寸分布,氧气扩散途径和电化学活性表面积.
主要成果:
- 渐变碳球设计有效调节孔隙结构和氧气运输.
- 气体扩散层附近的较大球体增强孔隙连接性;膜附近的较小球体增加反应地点.
- 三层L-M-S梯度设计改善了氧气分配,并将电流密度提高了15.4%.
结论:
- 优化碳球直径分布对于提高PEMFC催化剂层性能至关重要.
- 梯度设计提供了一种新的方法来提高CL中的大规模运输和电化学效率.
- 这项研究为开发下一代高性能PEMFCs提供了宝贵的见解.
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