نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی

نویسندگان

1 دانشجوی کارشناسی ارشد، گروه شیمی، علوم پایه، دانشگاه تربیت دبیر شهید رجائی، تهرا ن.

2 دانشیار ، گروه شیمی، علوم پایه، دانشگاه تربیت دبیر شهید رجائی، تهران.

3 دانشیار، مهندسی مکانیک، دانشگاه تربیت دبیر شهید رجائی، تهرا ن.

4 کارشناس ارشد، مهندس مکانیک، دانشگاه تربیت دبیر شهید رجائی، تهرا ن.

10.22068/jstc.2019.103279.1511

چکیده

صفحات دوقطبی از پرکاربردترین و اجزای اصلی یک پیل سوختی پلیمری است. در این مقاله ابتدا صفحات دوقطبی کامپوزیتی طبق استاندارد دپارتمان انرژی (DOE) ساخته شده و سپس میزان هدایت الکتریکی و رفتار مکانیکی آنها تعیین و بررسی شده است. صفحات دوقطبی کامپوزیتی به روش ریخته‌گری تحت‌فشار و حرارت ساخته شدند. برای ساخت این صفحات از رزین فنولیک به‌عنوان زمینه کامپوزیت، از گرافیت انبساط یافته جهت افزایش هدایت الکتریکی، از گرافیت به عنوان پرکننده و از پارچه کربنی جهت افزایش استحکام خمشی و بهینه کردن هدایت الکتریکی استفاده شد. آزمون‌های تجربی نیز مطابق معیار DOE انجام پذیرفت. میزان هدایت الکتریکی در بهترین حالت، نسبت به معیار استاندارد به میزان بیش از 40 درصد افزایش یافت. میزان استحکام خمشی و استحکام ضربه نمونه‌های اندازه‌گیری شده نسبت به معیار استاندارد، در بهترین حالت، به ترتیب تا 11 و 170 درصد افزایش یافت. با توجه به تصاویر SEM و نتایج آزمون‌ها مشخص شد که هدایت الکتریکی با استفاده از گرافیت انبساط یافته افزایش می‌یابد. نیز مشخص شد که افزایش درصد وزنی گرافیت انبساط یافته تأثیری در رفتار مکانیکی کامپوزیت ندارد و تنها هدایت الکتریکی کامپوزیت را افزایش میدهد.

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

Fabrication and analysis of composite bipolar plates with expanded graphite to increase electrical conductivity of fuel cells

نویسندگان [English]

  • Poorya Poostan 1
  • Rasool Abdullah Mirzaie 2
  • Faramarz Ashenai Ghasemi 3
  • Elghar Abdullahi 4

1 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran.

3 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran.

4 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Shahid Rajaee Teacher Training University, Tehran, Iran.

چکیده [English]

Bipolar plates are one of the most important components in a PEM fuel cell. In this study, a bipolar plate made of stamping method is developed to increase electrical conductivity and mechanical behavior and manufacturing productivity of the fuel cell and to decrease electrical resistance according to DOE. For fabrication these plates, phenolic resins were used as matrix and expanded graphite to increase electrical conductivity and graphite to filler and carbon fiber to increase flexural strength and optimize electrical conductivity. The electrical conductivity increased up to 40 percent respect to the DOE. The flexural strength and impact strength of the measured specimens were improved respect to the DOE about 11 and 170 percent, respectively. The experimental results are in accordance with DOE. According to SEM images and test curves, electric conductivity increases with expanded graphite filler. Finally, the results showed that expanded graphite weight gain did not affect the mechanical behavior of the composite and increased the electrical conductivity.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • Bipolar Plate
  • Fuel Cell
  • Expanded Graphite
  • Composite
  • Electrical Conductivity
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