Abstract: Provided is a carbon substrate for a gas diffusion layer of a fuel cell. The carbon substrate has a structure, in which a plurality of unit carbon substrates are stacked. Each of the unit carbon substrates is a plate type substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. Carbon fibers are randomly arranged on the first surface of the each unit carbon substrate. The number of the carbon fibers arranged in a machine direction of the unit carbon substrate is greater than the number of carbon fibers arranged in a transverse direction of the unit carbon substrate from the first surface to the second surface along a thickness direction of the unit carbon substrate; and, accordingly, an orientation gradient, in which the orientation in the machine direction increases from the first surface to the second surface, is shown.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 31, 2016
Date of Patent:
October 24, 2017
Assignee:
JNTG Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Eun Sook Lee, Eun Chong Kim, Tae Hyung Kim, Min Jee Yang, Jy Young Jyoung, Tae Nyun Kim, Sang Wook Jang
Abstract: A carbon substrate for a gas diffusion layer that has a porosity gradient in a thickness direction thereof, a gas diffusion using the carbon substrate, an electrode and a membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell that include the gas diffusion layer, and a fuel cell including the membrane-electrode assembly having the gas diffusion layer are provided. The gas diffusion layer has improved water discharge ability and improved bending strength both in the machine direction and cross-machine direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 1, 2013
Date of Patent:
June 27, 2017
Assignees:
JNTG Co., Ltd., JNTC Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Eun Sook Lee, Do Hun Kim, Eun Chong Kim, Jy Young Jyoung, Jung Mi Gwak, Sang Jin Choi, Tae Nyun Kim, Jung Kyu Lee
Abstract: A carbon substrate for a gas diffusion layer that has a porosity gradient in a thickness direction thereof, a gas diffusion using the carbon substrate, an electrode and a membrane-electrode assembly for a fuel cell that include the gas diffusion layer, and a fuel cell including the membrane-electrode assembly having the gas diffusion layer are provided. The gas diffusion layer has improved water discharge ability and improved bending strength both in the machine direction and cross-machine direction.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 1, 2013
Publication date:
January 9, 2014
Applicants:
JNTG Co., Ltd., JNTC Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Eun Sook Lee, Do Hun Kim, Eun Chong Kim, Jy Young Jyoung, Jung Mi Gwak, Sang Jin Choi, Tae Nyun Kim, Jung Kyu Lee