Fuel cell and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneesHyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
InventorsYoujung Song, Won Jung Kim, Ki Ung Jeon, Yeon Sik Jung
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Abstract
A fuel cell may include a fuel supply unit for supplying hydrogen to a fuel cell stack; an air supply unit for supplying air to the fuel cell stack; and the fuel cell stack that generates energy using hydrogen and air supplied from the fuel supply unit and the air supply unit, wherein the fuel cell stack has a mesh structure and comprises a conductive polymer electrode containing about 0.1 to 1 wt % of polyethylene oxide (PEO) having a molecular weight of about 1,000 to 6,000 kg/mol.
Claims13
A fuel cell stack comprising:
- a fuel supply unit for supplying hydrogen to the fuel cell stack;
- an air supply unit for supplying air to the fuel cell stack;
- and
- the fuel cell stack that generating energy using hydrogen and air supplied from the fuel supply unit and the air supply unit,
- wherein at least one of the electrodes has a mesh structure and comprises a conductive polymer containing about 0.1 to 1 wt % of polyethylene oxide (PEO) having a molecular weight of about 1,000 to 6,000 kg/mol.
A method of manufacturing a fuel cell electrode, the method comprising the steps of:
- producing a conductive polymer film using a conductive polymer containing about 0.1 to 1 wt % of polyethylene oxide (PEO) having a molecular weight of about 1,000 to 6,000 kg/mol;
- and
- processing the conductive polymer film so that the conductive polymer film has a mesh shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.