Degradation of sealings for PEFC test cells during fuel cell operation

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 222-229

  Schulze, M ^a   Knori T ^a   Schneider, A ^b   Gulzow E ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b ADAM OPEL AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Degradation; Energy dispersive X ray analysis; PEFC; Scanning electron microscopy; Sealing; Silicone; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CORROSION; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN; OXIDATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEALING (CLOSING); SILICONES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS (PEFC); SINGLE CELLS;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 1542304749     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2003.09.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (43)

1. The Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, Germany, Energy Report: Sustainable Energy Policy to Meet the Needs of the Future, Documentation 508, June 2002, http://www.bmwi.de.
2. IEA World Energy Outlook 2000.
3. K. Kordesch, G. Simader, Fuel Cells and Their Applications, VCH-Verlag, Weinheim, 1996.
4. For example: BMBF-Project: Langlebige PEFC als Voraussetzung für eine Wasserstoffenergiewirtschaft, supported by the German Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung.
5. Gülzow E., Schulze M., Wagner N., Kaz T., Reißner R., Steinhilber G., Schneider A. J. Power Sources. 86:2000;352.
6. Wilson M.S., Valerio J.A., Gottesfeld S. Electrochim. Acta. 40:1995;355.
7. Wilson M.S., Garzon F.H., Sickafus K.E., Gottesfeld S. J. Electrochem. Soc. 140:1993;2872.
8. Mattsson B., Ericson H., Torell L.M., Sundfolm F. Electrochim. Acta. 45:2000;1405.
9. Hübner G., Roduner E. J. Mater. Chem. 9:1999;409.
10. Schulze M., Lorenz M., Wagner N., Gülzow E. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 365:1999;106.
11. Davies D.P., Adcock P.L., Turpin M., Rowen S.J. J. Power Sources. 86:2000;237.
12. Davies D.P., Adcock P.L., Turpin M., Rowen S.J. J. Appl. Electrochem. 30:2000;101.
13. Dirven P.G., Engelen W.J., Van Der Poorten C.J.M. J. Appl. Electrochem. 25:1995;122.
14. Rheaume J.M., Müller B., Schulze M. J. Power Sources. 76:1998;60.
15. Büchi F.N., Gupta B., Haas O., Scherer G.G. Electrochim. Acta. 40:1995;345.
16. Gupta S., Tryk D., Zecevic S.K., Aldred W., Guo D., Savinell R.F. J. Appl. Electrochem. 28:1998;673.
17. D. Bevers, E. Gülzow, A. Helmbold, B. Müller, Innovative production technique for PEFC electrodes, in: Proceedings of the Fuel Cell Seminar, Orlando, 1996, p. 668.
18. A. Helmbold, German Patent DE 197 57 492 A 1, 1999.
19. D. Bevers, N. Wagner, German patent DE 195 09 749 C2.
20. E. Gülzow, et al., Fuel Cell Bull. 15 (1999) 8-12.
21. Gülzow E., Helmbold A., Kaz T., Reißner R., Schulze M., Wagner N., Steinhilber G. J. Power Sources. 86:2000;352.
22. Gülzow E., Kaz T. J. Power Sources. 106:2002;122.
23. H. Sauer, German patent DE 2 941 774 (CI H01M4/88).
24. A. Winsel, German patent DE 3 342 969 (CI C25B11/06).
25. Gülzow E., Bolwin K., Schnurnberger W. Dechema-Monogr. Bd. 117:1989;365.
26. Gülzow E., Schnurnberger W. Dechema-Monogr. Bd. 124:1991;675.
27. Gülzow E., Bolwin K., Schnurnberger W. Dechema-Monogr. Bd. 121:1990;483.
28. Gülzow E., Holzwarth B., Schulze M., Wagner N., Schnurnberger W. Dechema-Monogr. Bd. 125:1992;561.
29. Schulze M., Gülzow E., Steinhilber G. Appl. Surf. Sci. 179:2001;252.
30. Gülzow E., Schulze M., Steinhilber G. J. Power Sources. 106:2002;126.
31. Gülzow E., Kaz T., Reißner R., Sander H., Schilling L., Bradke M.V. J. Power Sources. 105:2002;261.
32. Weißhaar S., Reissner R., Schröder W., Gülzow E. J. Power Sources. 118:2003;405.
33. G. Ertl, J. Küppers, Low Energy Electron and Surface Spectroscopy, VCH-Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim, 1985.
34. Carlo Erba Microstructure Line No. 5, 1987, p. 1.
35. Carlo Erba Microstructure Line No. 19, 1987, p. 2.
36. Schulze M., Gülzow E., Bolwin K., Schnurnberger W. Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 353:1995;778.
37. M. Schulze, A. Schneider, E. Gülzow, Alteration of the distribution of the platinum catalyst in membrane-electrode assemblies during PEFC operation, in: Proceedings of 8th UECT, 20-21 June 2002, Ulm, Germany.
38. Staiti P., Arico A.S., Antonucci V., Hocevar S. J. Power Sources. 70:1998;91.
39. Gülzow E., Kaz T. J. Power Sources. 106:2002;122.
40. Rheaume J.M., Müller B., Schulze M. J. Power Sources. 76:1998;60.
41. Schulze M., Lorenz M., Kaz T. XPS study of electrodes formed from a mixture of carbon black and PTFE powder. Surf. Interface Anal. 34:2002;646.
42. R. Reissner, B. Thoben, T. Kaz, M. Schulze, E. Gülzow, Degradation of the hydrophobicity of fuel cell electrodes, in: Proceedings of the 8th UECT, 20-21 June 2002, Ulm, Germany.
43. Wagner N. J. Appl. Electrochem. 32:2002;859.