Performance Evalustion of Platinum Dispersed Self-humidifying Polymer Elecrolyte Membrane Perpared by Using RF Magnetron Sputter

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The performance evaluation on Pt loading in the self-humidifying polymer electrolyte membrane for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) was investigated by using single cell test and measurement of membrane resistance. The self-humidifying membrane comprised two membranes made of perfluorosulfonylfluroride copolymer resin and fine Pt particles lying between them, coated by sputtering. From the results of performance characteristics of self-humidifying membrane cell with different Pt loading, a single cell using self-humidifying membrane with 0.15 mg/cm2 Pt loading showed better performance than that with the others over entire current density. Also, a single cell with 0.15 mg/cm2 Pt loading had a lower resistance value than the other cells under externally nonhumidifying condition. It is indicated that the water produced in the membrane cell with 0.15 mg/cm2 Pt loading showed a higher provision to maintain ionic conductivity of the membrane than the other cells. The optimum amount of Pt particles embedded in the membrane for self-humidifying PEMFC was determined to be about 0.15 mg/cm2.