조원재·이미순·이연식·윤영기·최영우
1전북대학교 에너지저장변환공학과, 2전북대학교 화학공학부
3한국에너지기술연구원 수소연료전지산학연협력센터
Oxygen reduction reaction in the fuel cell (ORR) plays a dominant role in the overall
reaction. In addition, the low compatibility between the membrane and the binder consisted
of different materials, greatly reduces the efficiency of the fuel cell performance. In view of
these two problems, geometrically modified copolymers with 9.9_Bis (4-hydroxyphenyl) were
synthesized via condensation reaction instead of conventional biphenol and were adopted as
hydrocarbon ionomer binders. By utilizing these binders, two kinds of MEAs using fluorinated
Nafion membrane and hydrocarbon based membrane were manufactured in order to electrochemical
performance evaluation. With current-voltage curves, there was no significant difference
in the 0.6 V when two types of membrane were applied. Also, tafel slope became
considerably lower as compared to the Nafion membrane. Thus, it is determined that the new
hydrocarbon binder is expected to contribute the improvement in performance of fuel cells.
Keyword : Polymer electrolyte fuel cells, Hydrocarbon binder