Characteristics of Fabricated MEA(Membrane Electrode Assembly) on Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell Made by the Screen Printing Method

스크린 프린팅법을 이용하여 제조된 고분자 전해질 연료전지에서 MEA(조합 막 전극)의 특성

The effect of fabrication method of catalytic layer on electrode performance has been investigated. Brush, spray gun and screen printer were used as fabrication tool and catalytic layers were formed by several methods in screen printing. Direct screen printing on polymer membrane, screen printing on carbon paper, and their combined method were applied. In the electrode fabricated by the screen printing method, Pt loading of Pt/C catalysts could be cut down to 50%, compared with results by the brushing and spraying methods. The best result of electrode was obtained as 0.6 V, at 1 A/$\textrm{cm}^2$ when catalytic layer was formed by the combined way.