Device of diffusion media with pattern

Gas diffusion media for use in fuel cells are provided that contain a pattern of deposited hydrophobic polymer such that less than 100% of the surface of the diffusion media is covered with hydrophobic polymer. The media are made by first wetting a sheet of carbon fiber paper in an aqueous emulsion...

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1. Verfasser:	JI CHUNXIN,SCHOENEWEISS MICHAEL R.,MATHIAS MARK F.,ROTH JOERG
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS ELECTRICITY IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR PAPER-MAKING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE PULP COMPOSITIONS SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL TEXTILES TRANSPORTING TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G
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Zusammenfassung:	Gas diffusion media for use in fuel cells are provided that contain a pattern of deposited hydrophobic polymer such that less than 100% of the surface of the diffusion media is covered with hydrophobic polymer. The media are made by first wetting a sheet of carbon fiber paper in an aqueous emulsion of the hydrophobic polymer. The wetted sheet is contacted with a pattern member containing one or more openings oriented to correspond to a predetermined or desired pattern of hydrophobic polymer deposition. While still in contact with the pattern member, the sheet is heated or otherwise treated to cause evaporation of the water from the sheet. Evaporation while in contact with the pattern member takes place in such a way that hydrophobic polymer is concentrated in the sheet at the openings of the pattern member by the process of evaporation.