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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2011.12.10.4673

Study on Mixing Characteristic and Rheology of Polymer/Graphite Composites for a Bipolar Plate of Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell  

Yoo, Tae-Hyun (Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Kongju National University)
Kim, Dong-Hak (Department of Chemical Engineering, Soonchunhyang University)
Son, Young-Gon (Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Kongju National University)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.12, no.10, 2011 , pp. 4673-4678 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, studies on a mixing characteristic and viscosity measurement of polymer/graphite composites for a bipolar plate of the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell were presented. Since the materials for the bipolar plate should be electrically conductive, contents of solid graphite in the composite are very high. As a consequence, a viscosity of the polymer/graphite composite used for the bipolar plate is very high and the measurement of the viscosity is difficult. Viscosity measurements of the polymer/graphite composites were not possible because pressure drops were continuously fluctuated during the viscosity measurements when a conventional capillary die was used. After the die design was optimized, the steady state pressure drop could be achieved, but the viscosity thus measured was not reproducible. After many trials with different experimental techniques, it was found that melt blending of the grinded powder mixtures of both PET and graphite provides reproducible viscosity measurements and electric conductivities of the polymer/graphite composites.
Keywords
Bipolar plate; Polymer/graphite composite; Viscosity; Conductivity;
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