• 전기화학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.81-88
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• 2010

탄소복합소재 분리판의 연료전지 성능을 시험하기 위해 소형 고분자연료전지 스택을 제작하였으며 연료전지 운전에 따른 성능변화를 측정하여 탄소복합소재 분리판이 연료전지 스택의 성능에 미치는 영향을 조사하였다. 자체 설계한 가스유로로 디자인된 분리판과 MEA를 적층한 스택의 초기 성능과 장기간 운전에 따른 전압 감소를 측정하였다. 또한 장시간 운전 동안 각 셀의 전압 거동도 함께 측정하였으며 비교를 위해 흑연분리판을 이용하여 제작한 스택의 성능도 함께 시험하였다. 스택에서 각 셀의 성능은 단위전지에서의 성능과 유사하게 나타나 분리판과 스택의 구조가 셀의 성능을 충분히 보여줄 만큼 적절히 디자인된 것을 알 수 있었으며, 장시간 운전 동안 전류가 증가함에 따라 스택의 성능 감소도 점차 증가하였으며 두 종류의 스택이 유사한 성능 감소를 보여 자체 제작한 탄소복합소재 분리판이 흑연분리판과 유사한 성능을 보임을 알 수 있었다.

• 멤브레인
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.141-146
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• 2005

본 연구에서는 흑연, 열경화성 수지, 그리고 카본 블랙을 사용하여 조성과 제조 조건을 달리하여서 탄소 복합체를 제조하였다. 제조된 탄소 복합체의 고분자 전해질 연료전지용 bipolar plate로의 응용 가능성을 살펴보기 위하여 연속 흐름 기체 투과 장치를 사용하여서 산소의 투과도를 측정하였다 실험 결과 카본 블랙의 양이 증가할수록 산소 투과도가 증가하였으며, 탄소 복합체의 성형 시간이 증가할수록 투과도가 감소하였다 반면에 성형 압력은 산소 투과도에 큰 영향을 미치지 않음을 알 수 있었다.

• Advanced Composite Materials
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.259-275
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• 2008

This study aims to optimize the mechanical and electrical properties of electrically conductive polymer composites (CPCs) for use as a material of bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells. The thin CPCs consisting of conductive fillers and polymer resin were fabricated by a preform molding technique. Expanded graphite (EG), flake-type graphite (FG) and carbon fiber (CF) were used as conductive fillers. This study tested two types of CPCs, EG/FG filled CPCs and EG/CF filled CPCs, to optimize the material properties. First, the characteristics of EG/FG filled CPCs were investigated according to the FG ratio for 7 and $100{\mu}m$ sized FG. CPCs using $100{\mu}m$ FG showed optimal material properties at 60 wt% FG ratio, which were an electrical conductivity of 390 S/cm and flexural strength of 51 MPa. The particle size was an important parameter to change the mechanical and electrical behaviors. The flexural strength was sensitive to the particle size due to the different levels of densification. The electrical conductivity also showed size-dependent behavior because of the different contributions to the conductive network. Meanwhile, the material properties of EG/CF filled CPCs was also optimized according to the CF ratio, and the optimized electrical conductivity and flexural strength were 290 S/cm and 58 MPa, respectively. The electrical conductivity of this case decreased similarly to the EG/FG filled case. On the other hand, the behavior of the flexural strength was more complicated than the EG/FG filled case, and the reason was attributed to the interaction between the strengthening effect of CF and the deterioration of voids.

• Carbon letters
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.181-187
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• 2005

Bipolar plates require some specific properties such as electrical conductivity, mechanical strength, chemical stability, and low permeability for the fuel cell application. This study investigated the effects of carbon nanotube (CNT) contents and process conditions of hot press molding on the electrical and physical properties using CNT 3~7 wt% added graphite nano-composites in the curing temperatures range of 140~$200^{\circ}C$ and pressure of 200~300 kg/$cm^2$. Bulk density, hardness and flexural strength increased with increasing CNT contents, curing pressure and temperature. With the 7 wt% CNT added noncomposite, the electrical resistance improved by 30% and the flexural strength increased by 25% as compared to that without CNT at the temperature of $160^{\circ}C$ and pressure of 300 kg/$cm^2$. These properties were close to the DOE reference criteria as bulk resistance of 13 $m{\Omega}cm$ and tensile strength of 515 kg/$cm^2$.

• 대한금속재료학회지
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• 제49권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2011

Solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) have many attractive features for widespread applications in generation systems. Recently, stainless steels have attractive materials for metallic bipolar plate because metallic bipolar plates have many benefits compared to others such as graphite and composite bipolar plates. SOFC operates on high temperature of about $800{\sim}1000^{\circ}C$ than other fuel cell systems. Thus, many studies have attempted to reduced the operation temperature of SOFC to about $600{\sim}800^{\circ}C$, which is the intermediate temperature (IT) of SOFC. Low cost and high-temperature corrosion resistance are very important for the practical applications of SOFC in various industries. In this study, two specimens, 304 and 430 stainless steels with and without different pre-surface treatments on the surface were investigated. And, specimens were exposed at high temperature in the box furnace under oxidation atmosphere of $800^{\circ}C$. Oxidation behavior have been investigated with the materials exposed at different times (100 hrs and 400 hrs) by SEM, EDS and XRD. By increasing exposure time, the amount of metal oxide increased in the order like; STS304 < STS430 and As-received < As-polished < Sand-blast specimens.

• 한국수소및신에너지학회논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.243-249
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• 2012

A lightweight 200W direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) stack is designed and fabricated to power a small scale Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The DMFC stack consists of 33-cells in which membrane-electrode assemblies (MEAs) having an active area of 88 $cm^2$ are sandwiched with lightweight composite bipolar plates. The total stack weight is around 3.485 kg and stack performance is tested under various methanol feed concentrations. The DMFC stack delivers a maximum power of 248 W at 13.2 V and $71.3^{\circ}C$ under methanol feed concentration of 1.2 M. In addition, the voltage of individual cell in the 33-cell stack is measured at various current levels to ensure the stability of DMFC stack operations. The cell voltage distribution data exhibit the maximum cell voltage deviation of 28 mV at 15 A and hence the uniformity of cell voltages is acceptable. These results clearly demonstrate that DMFC technology becomes a potential candidate for small-scale UAV applications.