在燃料電池的發展過程中,流道的積水現象一直是影響性能的主要因素,液態水的生成量以及生成位置,直接影響著電池的效能,陰極如果有過量的積水導致陰極薄膜積水而阻礙氣體的擴散,或氣體流量過大或是電池過熱也會產生乾膜使得電池性能下降。在本實驗的主 要目的就是希望由透明的燃料電池來觀察及研究陰極積水現象對電池性能的影響,當電壓及溫度有所差異性時,對陰極所產生的積水或乾膜所影響電池性能的程度作判斷才能提供燃料電池在水熱管理的研究上有一個判斷的方法。 本實驗須以固定的膜電極組、不鏽鋼鍍金蛇行流道板、端板的材料影響因素,再以固定的組裝、測試、活化程序來保持電池的穩定性,而實驗中以供給固定電流、固定陰陽極氣體流量,觀察音及氣體在不同濃度及溼度的電流於長時間操作下所產生的積水效應,再搭配電池產生的功率、電壓變化來分析彼此之間的影響性。
In the history of fuel cell development, its performance is always influenced by the water behavior in flow channel blocks. The position of water behavior and moisture directly affects the efficiency of the fuel cell. If the flow channel block of cathode collects much of the water behavior, that fuel can not diffuse easily. Moreover, in case of high fuel flow rate or excess heat in high ampere, the membrane electrode assembly becomes dry and deteriorates the performance of fuel cell. The objective of this experiment is to observe and study the relationship between water behavior of cathode and the performance of the fuel cell in transparent PEMFC when the fuel cell consumes difference of voltage and temperature. And we also hope to provide a method to study and solve the problems in water and heat management. The method we adopt in this experiment is to firstly fix the component of the fuel cell, and to fabricate them with Ion Power’s membrane electrode assembly、gold-coated brass and two-channel serpentine current collect plate、Plexiglas end plant. The status of this step is then confirmed and stabilized by constructing、testing、activation process. Finally, by operating the transparent fuel cell in steady mode of constant current、constant anode flow rate for a long time with the difference of voltage and temperature, we try to observe the water flooding behavior in cathode channel flow as well as to analyze the relationship between the water behavior and the property of power, voltage, ohmage.