车用燃料电池系统耐久性研究北大核心CSCD

燃料电池的耐久性是燃料电池汽车的关键技术问题,车用燃料电池寿命需要达到5000小时以上才能满足汽车应用要求.作者基于车用燃料电池失效模式的研究,通过优化系统设计和改进系统控制策略等,开发出长寿命的Hy SYS-30车用燃料电池系统,并采用车用动态工况,对所开发的燃料电池系统进行了6000小时以上的耐久性测试,6000小时的性能衰减率仅为8.1%.     

车用燃料电池耐久性研究

经过世界范围内近十年的持续研发,车用燃料电池在能量效率、体积与质量功率密度、低温启动等功能特性方面已经取得了突破性进展,新一轮的燃料电池汽车产业化浪潮正在迫近。然而,燃料电池的耐久性仍没达到商业化目标,且耐久性问题涉及面广、挑战大,成为当前燃料电池汽车产业化的主要棘手问题,构成了车用燃料电池在车辆技术方面产业化的最后障碍。车用燃料电池的耐久性已经引起了世界各国研究人员的广泛关注,本文归纳分析了车用燃料电池催化剂及其载体、质子交换膜及电极离子导体、气体扩散层、金属双极板等关键材料及部件的性能衰减机制,以及梳理了应对性能衰减的新材料、新技术与系统控制策略等耐久性最新研究进展,最后对车用燃料电池失效机制及其缓解研究提出了新的方向,以期对认识和提升燃料电池耐久性具有指导和借鉴意义。     

车用质子交换膜燃料电池材料部件

车用燃料电池主要包括质子交换膜燃料电池、金属-空气燃料电池等,其中质子交换膜燃料电池是目前车用燃料电池的主要开发对象(以下简称车用燃料电池)。经过全球范围内近十年的持续研发,车用燃料电池在能量效率、功率密度与比功率、低温启动等功能特性方面已经取得了突破性进展,新一轮的燃料电池汽车产业化浪潮正在迫近。然而,车用燃料电池的耐久性和成本还没达到预期商业化目标,是其产业化的最后障碍。探索和研发燃料电池用新型关键材料部件是解决这两大问题、推进其商业化进程的关键所在,也是车用燃料电池长期的研究重点和热点。本文系统地梳理了近几年来车用燃料电池质子交换膜、催化层、气体扩散层、双板板关键材料部件的研究进展和成果,并分类进行了简要评述,分析了其性能与商业化目标的差距。最后展望了车用燃料电池关键材料部件今后的发展方向。     

燃料电池膜电极衰减机制及其抗老化策略北大核心CSCD

质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)具有高能量效率和高能量密度、低温快速启动、结构紧凑、无污染、低噪声等优点,在氢能汽车、固定式电站、水下潜艇和通讯电源等方面具有广泛的应用前景.目前影响燃料电池商用化的主要问题是成本和寿命,特别是在工况下急剧的启停、干湿、温度等变化,以及随之带来的机械及电化学老化,严重影响了燃料电池核心部件膜电极的耐久性和稳定性,导致燃料电池寿命大幅度下降.动态负载下燃料电池的寿命较短,距离燃料电池汽车商业化目标寿命仍有较大距离.因此,开发快速有效的膜电极加速老化测试程序,研究膜电极的耐久性,揭示燃料电池失效机理,寻找解决措施,对提高燃料电池使用寿命,推动燃料电池技术商业化,实现国民经济可持续发展具有重大意义.本文通过对比研究膜电极老化测试,从催化材料、质子交换膜以及启停控制策略应用等方面,分析电极、质子交换膜等关键材料的衰减物化机理,从材料科学领域深入探讨提升关键材料耐久性的方法及机理.为燃料电池的各部件制备与设计完善评价体系,推进燃料电池商用化发展.     

质子交换膜燃料电池膜电极耐久性的提升

质子交换膜燃料电池由于具有能量转换效率高、操作温度低、环境友好等优点而备受人们关注。随着2014年丰田发布燃料电池电动汽车Mirai,带来了新一轮燃料电池及燃料电池汽车的产业化热潮。然而,提升质子交换膜燃料电池的寿命,开发新一代长寿命燃料电池膜电极及燃料电池仍然是本领域的挑战性课题。膜电极(MEA)是质子交换膜燃料电池最核心的部件,其耐久性直接决定着燃料电池的寿命。MEA主要由质子交换膜、催化剂层、气体扩散层三部分组成。本文从质子交换膜、催化剂及载体、气体扩散层三个方面介绍了近年来国内外在提升燃料电池膜电极的寿命(耐久性)方面所做的工作,并对未来的相关研究和发展做了述评及展望。     

车用燃料电池启停工况性能衰减

车用燃料电池(质子交换膜燃料电池)技术经过二十余年的持续研发和不断突破,使得燃料电池汽车性能基本满足了商业化指标,并成为当前备受瞩目的新能源汽车。然而,质子交换膜燃料电池伴随实际车况变化会经历燃料供应、湿度、温度、电流、电压等复杂循环过程,造成燃料电池的关键材料衰减加速,并且车用燃料电池的耐久性问题棘手且涉及面广。本文针对车用燃料电池的启停工况,归纳分析了启停工况下燃料电池的研究过程、衰减机理、实验论证、建模分析,并从燃料电池系统管理角度分析了启停衰减的缓解策略。通过对已有启停工况下质子交换膜燃料电池性能衰减失效的梳理,提出了本文的观点、分析和解释。     

车用燃料电池现状与电催化

本文综述了近年来车用燃料电池电催化的发展状况,分析了车用燃料电池电催化的发展趋势,重点介绍了大连化学物理研究所在燃料电池电催化方面的研究进展．指出车用燃料电池电催化的发展方向是提高现有铂基催化剂的活性,在保证车用燃料电池在变载等动态工况下的可靠性与寿命的前提下,应降低膜电极的贵金属铂用量,发展低铂／非铂电催化剂．针对车用燃料电池的使用条件,应发展抗燃料气与空气中杂质的电催化方法与抗腐蚀催化剂载体．从长远考虑,重点发展碱性聚合物膜燃料电池,拓展利于活化顺磁性氧的催化方法,有望摆脱车用燃料电池对铂催化剂的依赖．     

质子交换膜燃料电池零下冷启动研究

在零下启动过程中,质子交换膜燃料电池阴极中氧气还原反应生成的水会在催化剂层内部结冰,因而阻碍氧气传输,覆盖催化剂层反应活性位点,降低电化学活性面积,影响燃料电池发电性能,甚至会导致零下启动失败;同时,结冰/融化循环还会破坏膜电极结构,影响燃料电池寿命。因此,质子交换膜燃料电池零下启动技术的研究对促进燃料电池汽车的推广应用有重要意义。本文针对质子交换膜燃料电池的零下启动过程,从实验研究、机理解释、模型分析及策略开发等角度对文献内容进行了梳理,并对涉及质子交换膜燃料电池零下启动过程的专利技术进行了总结。     

质子交换膜燃料电池零下冷启动研究进展

在零下启动过程中,质子交换膜燃料电池阴极氧气还原反应生成的水会在催化剂层内部结冰,因而阻碍氧气传输,覆盖催化剂层反应活性位点,降低电化学活性面积,影响燃料电池发电性能,甚至会导致零下启动失败;同时,结冰/融化循环还会破坏膜电极结构,影响燃料电池寿命。因此,质子交换膜燃料电池零下启动技术的研究对促进燃料电池汽车的推广应用有重要意义。本文针对质子交换膜燃料电池的零下启动过程,从实验研究、机理解释、模型分析及策略开发等角度对文献进行了综述分析,并对涉及质子交换膜燃料电池零下启动过程的专利技术进行了总结。     

燃料电池技术发展现状与展望

燃料电池是一种高效、清洁的电化学发电装置,近年来得到国内外普遍重视.本文详细阐述了燃料电池的近期研究进展与未来面临的挑战及发展方向。燃料电池在宇宙飞船、航天飞机、潜艇动力源已经得到应用;在汽车、电站及便携式电源等民用领域展现了成功的示范,但低成本、长寿命仍然是商业化面临的瓶颈问题.未来我国应大力推进燃料电池在水下潜器、航天飞行器等特殊领域的应用,解决高可靠性与安全性及环境适应性等关键问题;同时,在民用领域要实现燃料电池寿命与成本兼顾,从材料、部件及系统等3个层次深入技术改进与创新,尽快推进燃料电池的商业化.     

Recent developments in catalyst-related PEM fuel cell durability

Cost and durability remain the two major barriers to the widespread commercialization of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)-based power systems, especially for the most impactful but challenging fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) application. Commercial FCEVs are now on the road; however, their PEMFC systems do not meet the cost targets established by the U.S. Department of Energy, primarily due to the high platinum loading needed on the cathode to achieve the requisite performance and lifetime. While the activities of a number of commercial Pt-based alloy cathode catalysts exceed the beginning-of-life (BOL) targets, these activities, and the overall cathode performance, degrade via a variety of mechanisms described herein. Degradation is mitigated in current FCEVs by utilizing a cathode catalyst with a lower BOL activity (e.g., much lower transition metal alloy content and larger BOL nanoparticle size), necessitating higher catalyst loadings, and through the utilization of system controls that avoid conditions known to exacerbate degradation processes, such as limiting the fuel cell stack voltage range. The design and development of active and robust materials and eliminating the need for vehicle mitigation strategies would greatly simplify the operating system, allowing for greater transient operation, avoiding large hybridization, and curtailing of fuel cell power. Although system mitigation strategies have provided the near-term pathway for FCEV commercialization, material-specific solutions are required to further reduce costs and improve operability and efficiency. Future material developments should focus on stabilization of the electrode structure and minimization of the catalyst particle susceptibility to dissolution caused by oxide formation and reduction over PEMFC cathode-relevant operating potentials plus minimization of support corrosion. Ex situ accelerated stress tests have provided insight into the processes responsible for material and performance degradation and will continue to provide useful information on the relative stability of materials and benchmarks for robust and stable materials-based solutions not requiring system mitigation strategies to achieve adequate lifetime.     

基于非贵金属氧还原催化剂的质子交换膜燃料电池性能

质子交换膜燃料电池的成本和寿命问题是制约其商业化的主要瓶颈. 开发高效稳定的新型非铂氧还原催化剂是降低电池成本的重要途径. 过渡金属-氮-碳型非贵金属催化剂具有较高催化活性、资源丰富、价格低廉等优点, 被认为是未来最有希望替代铂的氧还原催化剂. 本综述从催化剂的设计构筑、催化层结构优化以及电池测试等方面, 对过渡金属-氮-碳型非贵金属催化剂的国内外最新研究进展进行了重点讨论, 并对未来其发展趋势提出展望.     

质子交换膜燃料电池Pt纳米线电催化剂研究现状

质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)能直接将化学能转换为电能,具有能量转换效率高、环境友好、启动快等优点.其中电催化剂是决定PEMFC性能、寿命及成本的关键材料之一.目前所采用的Pt催化剂成本较高,是阻碍其商业化的主要因素.而Pt纳米线电催化剂的Pt利用率和催化剂活性高,抗CO毒性以及耐久性好.本文综述了Pt纳米线电催化剂的制备及其电化学催化性能的研究现状.     

Recent developments in Pt–Co catalysts for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

Development of Pt-based oxygen reduction reaction catalysts with high efficiency and high durability is central to the application of proton-exchange membrane fuel cell systems. Pt–Co bimetallic catalysts have drawn extensive attention owing to their capability of delivering high performance and long lifetime for fuel cell applications including light-duty and heavy-duty vehicles. However, further improvements in durability and performance are needed to meet market requirements. To fully exploit the potential of Pt–Co catalysts, new insights into the relationship between catalyst properties and fuel cell performance and durability are needed, and more effective methods to tailor the features of Pt–Co catalysts need to be developed. This review provides a summary and perspective on recent efforts, including work on customizing the Pt shell and Pt:Co ratio, tailoring the crystal structure, and improving carbon support properties, with a particular emphasis on mechanisms leading to enhancement of mass activity, power density, and durability in membrane electrode assembly testing.     

Current status of automotive fuel cells for sustainable transport

Automotive proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) have finally reached a state of technological readiness where several major automotive companies are commercially leasing and selling fuel cell electric vehicles, including Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai. These now claim vehicle speed and acceleration, refueling time, driving range, and durability that rival conventional internal combustion engines and in most cases outperform battery electric vehicles. The residual challenges and areas of improvement which remain for PEMFCs are performance at high current density, durability, and cost. These are expected to be resolved over the coming decade while hydrogen infrastructure needs to become widely available. Here, we briefly discuss the status of automotive PEMFCs, misconceptions about the barriers that platinum usage creates, and the remaining hurdles for the technology to become broadly accepted and implemented.     

New strategy for reversal tolerant anode for automotive polymer electrolyte fuel cell

New approach for the reversal tolerant anode for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell is suggested by using the multifunctional IrRu alloy catalyst having concurrent superior activities towards hydrogen oxidation reaction and oxygen evolution reaction to mitigate the degradation of anode under the fuel starvation condition.     

Effect of load-cycling amplitude on performance degradation for proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Durability is one of the critical issues to restrict the commercialization of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) for the vehicle application. The practical dynamic operation significantly affects the PEMFCs durability by corroding its key components. In this work, the degradation behavior of a single PEMFC has been investigated under a simulated automotive load-cycling operation, with the aim of revealing the effect of load amplitude (0.8 and 0.2 A/cm² amplitude for the current density range of 0.1−0.9 and 0.1−0.3 A/cm², respectively) on its performance degradation. A more severe degradation on the fuel cell performance is observed under a higher load amplitude of 0.8 A/cm² cycling operation, with ∼10.5% decrease of cell voltage at a current density of 1.0 A/cm². The larger loss of fuel cell performance under the higher load amplitude test is mainly due to the frequent fluctuation of a wider potential cycling. Physicochemical characterizations analyses indicate that the Pt nanoparticles in cathodic catalyst layer grow faster with a higher increase extent of particle size under this circumstance because of their repeated oxidation/reduction and subsequent dissolution/agglomeration process, resulting in the degradation of platinum catalyst and thus the cell performance. Additionally, the detected microstructure change of the cathodic catalyst layer also contributes to the performance failure that causes a distinct increase in mass transfer resistance.     

钴-聚吡咯-碳载PtNi燃料电池催化剂的制备及应用

采用脉冲微波辅助化学还原合成新型载体钴-聚吡咯-碳(Co-PPy-C)负载PtNi催化剂.利用透射电镜(TEM)和X射线衍射(XRD)研究了催化剂的结构和形貌,此外,利用循环伏安(CV)和线性扫描伏安(LSV)等方法测试了催化剂的电化学活性及耐久性. PtNi/Co-PPy-C催化剂的金属颗粒直径约为1.77 nm,催化剂在载体上分布均匀且粒径分布范围较窄. XRD结果显示, PtNi/Co-PPy-C中Pt(111)峰最强, Pt主要是面心立方晶格.CV结果显示,其电化学活性面积(ECSA)为72.5 m²·g^-1,明显高于商用催化剂Pt/C(JM)的56.9 m²·g^-1.为进一步考查催化剂耐久性,电化学加速5000圈耐久性测试后, PtNi/Co-PPy-C颗粒发生明显集聚, ECSA衰减率和0.9 V下比质量活性衰减率分别为38.2%和63.9%.此外,采用有效面积为50 cm²的单电池用于评价自制催化剂的性能,发现在70 ℃且背压为50 kPa时电池的性能最好,此时自制PtNi/Co-PPy-C催化剂制备膜电极(MEA)的最大功率密度达到523 mW·cm^-2.可见自制催化剂的电化学性能高于商用Pt/C(JM),在质子交换膜燃料电池(PEMFC)领域有一定的应用前景.