Hyundai Motor Company

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Kia Motors Corporation

Ha Na Yu

Jung Do Suh

Dai Gil Lee

Sae Hoon Kim

Byung Ki Ahn

Jun Woo Lim

Byoung Chul Kim

Bu Gi Kim

Duck Whan Kim

Young Bum Kum

Kwi Seong Jeong

Sung Keun Lee

Sang Hyun Cho

Haeng Jin Ko

Young Woo Noh

Junghan Yu

Sung Ho Lee

Tae Won Lim

Seong Su Kim

So Hyun Park

So Young Ki

In Uk Hwang

Soo Yeon Jung

Myeongjoong Kim

Dongkyu Kim

Ji-Yeon Park

Ye-Lim Lee

Hyuk Woo Lee

Sang Phil Yoon

Won Kyu Yang

Ho-Youl Lee

Sung Bum Jung

Jin Young Ko

Hye Jung Baik

Ki Seong Ko

Min Hyo Ki

Sung Won An

Mi Kyung Ji

Seung Chan Kim

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a composite separator for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. The method comprises: preparing a prepreg as a continuous carbon fiber-reinforced composite and a graphite foil; allowing the cut prepreg and graphite foil to pass through a stacking/compression roller to be compressed; allowing the prepreg in which the graphite foil is integrally stacked to be heated and pressed by a hot press such that hydrogen, air, and coolant flow fields are formed or to pass through a hot roller to be formed into a separator; removing unnecessary portions from the heated and pressed separator using a trim cutter; and post-curing the thus formed separator, wherein the graphite foil may be stacked on the prepreg as the continuous carbon fiber-reinforced composite such that a graphite layer is integrally formed with the prepreg.

Composite separator for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell and method for manufacturing the same

The present invention provides a composite separator for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and a method for manufacturing the same. The inventive method involves allowing graphite foil layers to be brought into direct contact with each other when graphite foils are stacked on both sides of a carbon fiber reinforced composite material prepreg, thereby improving electrical conductivity in the thickness direction of the separator.

The present invention provides a composite separator for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) and a method for manufacturing the same, in which a graphite foil prepared by compressing expanded graphite is stacked on a carbon fiber-reinforced composite prepreg or a mixed solution prepared by mixing graphite flake and powder with a resin solvent is applied to the cured composite prepreg such that a graphite layer is integrally molded on the outermost end of the separator. For this purpose, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a composite separator for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell, the method including: preparing a prepreg as a continuous carbon fiber-reinforced composite and a graphite foil; allowing the cut prepreg and graphite foil to pass through a stacking/compression roller to be compressed; allowing the prepreg in which the graphite foil is integrally stacked to be heated and pressed by a hot press such that hydrogen, air, and coolant flow fields are formed or to pass through a hot roller to be formed into a separator; removing unnecessary portions from the heated and pressed separator using a trim cutter; and post-curing the thus formed separator, wherein the graphite foil may be stacked on the prepreg as the continuous carbon fiber-reinforced composite such that a graphite layer is integrally formed with the prepreg.

The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a composite separator for a fuel cell, which can reduce the electrical contact resistance by performing an additional post-treatment to remove residual resin remaining on the surface of the composite separator by plasma etching. In certain preferred embodiments, the present invention provides a method for manufacturing a composite separator for a fuel cell, in which a liquid phase resin for gasket is applied to the surface of the composite separator along a predetermined gasket pattern, or a semi-cured resin for gasket in the form of a film with a predetermined gasket pattern is stacked on the surface of the composite separator, and then plasma etching is performed to remove the residual resin and, at the same time, cure the resin for gasket, thus reducing the overall processing time to improve the productivity and preventing a composite material of the separator from being damaged.

Method for manufacturing composite separator for fuel cell and composite separator manufactured by the same

The present invention features a fuel cell stack that preferably includes an electricity generating assembly having a plurality of unit cells that are suitably disposed one after another; a pair of end plates pressedly disposed respectively at upper and lower ends of the electricity generating assembly; and a joining device suitably engaging the end plates by a rope, where pressure is applied to the electricity generating assembly by means of tension of the rope, and the length and tension of the rope is suitably controlled.

Joining device for fuel cell stack and fuel cell stack provided with the same

The present invention provides a fuel cell separator formed of a continuous carbon-fiber composite, and a method for manufacturing the same.

Fuel cell separator and method for manufacturing the same

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Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea

Ha Na Yu