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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Toray Industries, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Toray Industries, Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/86 (2006.01); H01M 4/92 (2006.01); H01M 4/96 (2006.01); H01M 8/0234 (2016.01); H01M 8/0243 (2016.01); H01M 8/0245 (2016.01); H01M 8/1018 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 4/8657 (2013.01); H01M 4/8605 (2013.01); H01M 4/926 (2013.01); H01M 4/96 (2013.01); H01M 8/0234 (2013.01); H01M 8/0243 (2013.01); H01M 8/0245 (2013.01); H01M 2008/1095 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fuel cell gas diffusion electrode medium has exceptional anti-flooding characteristic and anti-dry-out characteristic, the capability to achieve high cell performance across a wide temperature range from low to high temperatures, and exceptional mechanical properties, electrical conductivity, and thermal conductivity, a microporous layer being arranged on one surface of an electrode base material; wherein the fuel cell gas diffusion electrode medium is characterized in that linear carbon having an aspect ratio of 30-5000 is included in the microporous layer, and the areal weight of the gas diffusion electrode medium is 30-60 g/m2.