Performance Enhancement of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell through Carbon Nanofibers Grown In Situ on Carbon Paper

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 28; no. 6; p. 2810
• Main Authors: Liu, Chang, Li, Shang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.03.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Alternative energy sources; Carbon fibers; Comparative analysis; Contact angle; Electrodes; Energy consumption; Energy resources; Energy storage; Fuel cell industry; Fuel cells; gas diffusion layer; Heat conductivity; Humidity; Hydrogen as fuel; in situ growth carbon nanofibers; microporous layer; Morphology; Nanoparticles; Permeability; Polymerization; Pore size; Porosity; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Renewable resources; surface modification; Water flooding; China; proton exchange membrane fuel cell; in situ growth carbon nanofibers; surface modification; gas diffusion layer; microporous layer

We developed an integrated gas diffusion layer (GDL) for proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells by growing carbon nanofibers (CNFs) in situ on carbon paper via the electro-polymerization of polyaniline (PANI) on carbon paper followed by a subsequent carbonization treatment process. The CNF/carbon...