Polyphosphoric Acid Proton Conductors and Their Application, to Fuel Cell Electrolytes

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  • KENJO Tadao
    Department of Applied Science for Energy, Muroran Institute of Technology
  • INABA Kimio
    Department of Applied Science for Energy, Muroran Institute of Technology
  • YAMASHITA Hideichi
    Department of Applied Science for Energy, Muroran Institute of Technology
  • KIMURA Hitoshi
    Department of Applied Science for Energy, Muroran Institute of Technology

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  • ポリリン酸を電解質として用いた酸素-水素燃料電池
  • ポリリンサン オ デンカイシツ ト シテ モチイタ サンソ - スイソ ネンリ

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Abstract

This study aims at a solidification of fuel cell electrolyte using polyphosphoric acids. When the electrolyte of phosphoric acid cells was replaced by metaphosphoric acid, the density of limiting current was greatly lowered without an essential change 'in the polarization. This marked performance drop was attributed to the high viscosity of polyphosphoric acids. Phosphoric acid was solidified when copolymerized with silicic acid, becoming a solid proton conductor which could be used at 200°C for a fuel cell electrolyte. The all-solid cell installed with this solid electrolyte sustained a load of 400 mA/cm2 with approximately the same anode polarization as for the phosphoric acid cells, but with much greater potential drops of the cathode. The cell performance has been discussed in relation to the effective reaction area of the electrode-electrolyte interface.

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  • NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI

    NIPPON KAGAKU KAISHI 1988 (8), 1375-1383, 1988-08-10

    The Chemical Society of Japan

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