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http://dx.doi.org/10.15207/JKCS.2021.12.2.193

Review of Carbon Materials Used in Fuel cell Components  

Jang, Min-Hyeok (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat University)
Kang, Yu-Jin (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat University)
Jo, Hyung-Kun (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat University)
Park, Cho-I (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat University)
Sim, Hye-Soo (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat University)
Park, Joo-Il (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat University)
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Journal of the Korea Convergence Society / v.12, no.2, 2021 , pp. 193-200 More about this Journal
Abstract
As the degree of environmental pollution caused by the use of fossil fuels intensifies, many countries continue to invest in the development of alternative energy. PEMFC, one of the alternative energies, consists of four main components: bipolor plate, electrolyte, gas diffusion layer, and electrode. Among them, bipolor plate, the gas diffusion layer, and electrode are generally manufactured using carbon materials such as carbon black and carbon fiber. These carbon materials are expensive in manufacturing process or have disadvantages such as corrosion, and research is being conducted in many fields to improve this. This paper collects several research results conducted to improve the shortcomings of these three components and examines the trends of PEMFC by grasping what problems have been and how they have improved.
Keywords
Carbon material; Fuel cell; BP(Bipolar Plate); GL(Gas Diffusion Layer); CL(Catalyst Layer);
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