Design and Fabrication of Fuel Cell Bipolar Plates with Enhanced Performance and Durability

具有增强性能和耐用性的燃料电池双极板的设计和制造

• 批准号: 571692-2021
• 负责人: Sain, MohiniM
• 金额: $ 7.71万
• 依托单位: University of Toronto
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=759592
• 关键词: Design; Fabrication; Fuel; Cell; Bipolar

Technological developments and the increased focus on alternative sources of energy have led to a renewedinterest in electric vehicles (EVs). In 2017, almost 1.3 million EVs were sold around the world, representing a57 % increase compared to the previous year's sales. As this upward trend shows no signs of changing, dealingwith certain inefficiencies of EVs is becoming a priority. While this is a clear signal for the readiness of theautomotive market, durability, efficiency, power density and cost of the fuel cell stack need furtheradvancements and, in some cases, substantial improvement in years to come.In a push to develop alternative energy forms, proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) based onhydrogen fuel have gained widespread interest for EVs. A key component of PEMFCs contributingsignificantly to their cost and weight as well as to the stack volume is the bipolar plate. Hydrogenics Inc, Canada is a global leader in manufacturing Fuel Cell; this project building on their expertise as they thrive to capture global fuel cell market by indegenously building facility to manufacturing most of the fuel cell components. Bipolar plates (BPPs) are a key component of PEMFC systems, constituting approximately 80 % of their volume. Making them robust, thinner and more lightweight would significantly cut down PEMFC costs and help capture larger portions of the mass market.Our project aims to develop best-of-its-class bipolar plates for automotive stacks with superior corrosionresistance and durability while meeting commercial target cost. The project has a multidisciplinary characterwhich implies joint efforts of specialists from various areas: chemistry, physics, material science, fuel cellengineering. The scientific objectives of this project are elaboration and design of low-cost, highly conductive,light-weight, extremely durable and recyclable functional BPP with highly resistant to corrosion. The projectwill contribute in defining new industrial standards by i) material selection, ii) integration of novel materials inBPP, iii) performance evaluation in stack configuration in real operating conditions, iv) techno-economics.

技术发展以及对替代能源替代来源的越来越重视导致电动汽车（EVS）的新兴趣。在2017年，全球销售了近130万辆电动汽车，与上一年的销售额相比增加了57％。由于这种向上的趋势没有变化的迹象，因此与电动汽车的某些低效率交易已成为当务之急。 While this is a clear signal for the readiness of theautomotive market, durability, efficiency, power density and cost of the fuel cell stack need furtheradvancements and, in some cases, substantial improvement in years to come.In a push to develop alternative energy forms, proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) based onhydrogen fuel have gained widespread interest for EVs. PEMFC的关键组成部分对其成本和重量以及堆栈体积有重要作用是双极板。加拿大氢化公司是制造燃料电池的全球领导者；这项项目建立在他们的专业知识上，因为他们蓬勃发展，通过建造大多数燃料电池组件来建立工厂来捕捉全球燃料电池市场。双极板（BPP）是PEMFC系统的关键组成部分，约占其体积的80％。使它们健壮，更薄，更轻巧将大大降低PEMFC的成本并帮助捕获大众市场的大部分。我们的项目旨在开发出最佳级别的双极板，用于具有出色的腐蚀性和耐用性的同时满足商业目标成本的耐腐蚀性和耐用性。该项目具有多学科的特征，这意味着来自各个领域的专家的共同努力：化学，物理，材料科学，燃料细胞介绍。该项目的科学目标是详细和设计低成本，高导电性，轻巧，极耐用和可回收功能性BPP，对腐蚀具有高度耐药性。该项目将通过i）材料选择来定义新的工业标准，ii）新型材料的整合，iii）在实际操作条件下堆栈配置中的性能评估，iv）技术经济学。