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http://dx.doi.org/10.9713/kcer.2020.58.1.59

Decrease of Membrane Degradation in PEMFC by Fucoidan  

Oh, Sohyung (Department of Chemical Engineering, Sunchon National University)
Kak, Ahyeon (Department of Chemical Engineering, Sunchon National University)
Oh, Sungjun (CNL Energy Co)
Lee, Daewoong (Department of Chemical Engineering, Sunchon National University)
Na, Il-Chai (CNL Energy Co)
Park, Kwonpil (Department of Chemical Engineering, Sunchon National University)
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Korean Chemical Engineering Research / v.58, no.1, 2020 , pp. 59-63 More about this Journal
Abstract
Radical scavenger is used to improve the durability of PEMFC polymer membrane. In this study, we investigated whether fucoidan extracted from seaweed as a radical scavenger prevents electrochemical degradation through Fenton and OCV Holding experiments. Fucoidan has an antioxidant effect, protecting the polymer membrane from hydrogen peroxide and oxygen radicals, reducing the degradation rate to 1/10. Fucoidan has been shown to be more effective than MnO2, which is used as a radical scavenger. In the PEMFC cell, the accelerated durability evaluation method (OCV Holding) showed that fucoidan reduced the hydrogen permeability of the polymer membrane by 12% and enhanced the performance by 29.1% compared to without radical scavenger. And fucoidan was found to be more effective in the cathode side ionomer than the anode side.
Keywords
PEMFC; Fucoidan; Membrane Degradation; Radical Scavenger; Fenton Test; OCV Holding;
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