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Review of Carbon Materials Used in Fuel cell Components

연료 전지 구성요소에 사용되는 탄소 재료에 관한 고찰

  • Jang, Min-Hyeok (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat University) ;
  • Kang, Yu-Jin (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat University) ;
  • Jo, Hyung-Kun (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat University) ;
  • Park, Cho-I (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat University) ;
  • Sim, Hye-Soo (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat University) ;
  • Park, Joo-Il (Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Hanbat University)
  • 장민혁 (한밭대학교 화학생명공학과) ;
  • 강유진 (한밭대학교 화학생명공학과) ;
  • 조형근 (한밭대학교 화학생명공학과) ;
  • 박초이 (한밭대학교 화학생명공학과) ;
  • 심희수 (한밭대학교 화학생명공학과) ;
  • 박주일 (한밭대학교 화학생명공학과)
  • Received : 2020.12.29
  • Accepted : 2021.02.20
  • Published : 2021.02.28
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Abstract

As the degree of environmental pollution caused by the use of fossil fuels intensifies, many countries continue to invest in the development of alternative energy. PEMFC, one of the alternative energies, consists of four main components: bipolor plate, electrolyte, gas diffusion layer, and electrode. Among them, bipolor plate, the gas diffusion layer, and electrode are generally manufactured using carbon materials such as carbon black and carbon fiber. These carbon materials are expensive in manufacturing process or have disadvantages such as corrosion, and research is being conducted in many fields to improve this. This paper collects several research results conducted to improve the shortcomings of these three components and examines the trends of PEMFC by grasping what problems have been and how they have improved.

화석 연료 사용으로 인한 각종 환경오염의 정도가 심화됨에 따라 많은 국가에서 대체 에너지 개발을 위한 투자를 계속해서 진행하고 있다. 대체 에너지 중 하나인 PEMFC는 양극판, 전해질, 가스 확산 층, 전극 네 가지의 주요 구성요소로 이루어져 있다. 이 중 양극판, 가스 확산 층, 전극은 보편적으로 카본 블랙, 탄소 섬유 등의 탄소 재료를 사용하여 제조한다. 탄소 재료들은 공정비용이 비싸거나 부식 등의 단점이 존재하는데 이를 개선하기 위해 많은 분야에서 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 논문은 이 세 가지 구성요소들의 단점을 개선하기 위하여 시행된 여러 연구결과들을 취합하여 과거부터 현재까지의 PEMFC에 어떤 문제점이 있었고 어떻게 개선되어 왔는지를 파악하여 PEMFC 연구 흐름을 파악한다.

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