To provide a high-voltage fuel cell. The fuel cell is a fuel cell comprising an anode-side gas diffusion layer, an anode catalyst layer, an electrolyte membrane, a cathode catalyst layer and a cathode-side gas diffusion layer in this order, wherein a gas diffusion resistance ratio of the anode-side gas diffusion layer to the cathode-side gas diffusion layer is more than 1.50 and less than 2.79; wherein a gas diffusion resistance value of the cathode-side gas diffusion layer is 84 S/m or less at a relative humidity of 165%; and wherein a gas diffusion resistance value of the anode-side gas diffusion layer is less than 234 S/m at a relative humidity of 165%.

A humidifier for a fuel cell includes: a housing that includes a moist air supply port through which moist air is supplied, a moist air discharge port through which the moist air is discharged, and an inflow gas supply port through which inflow gas is supplied; a humidification unit provided in the housing to humidify the inflow gas by using the moist air; and a humidification amount adjusting unit to selectively adjust an amount of humidification of the inflow gas by the humidification unit based on a flow rate of the moist air supplied to the moist air supply port, thereby obtaining an advantageous effect of accurately adjusting the amount of humidification based on an operating condition of a fuel cell stack.

A membrane electrode assembly and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell that are capable of improving water release in a high current region, where a large amount of water is generated, without impairing water retention under low humidity conditions, and also capable of exhibiting high power generation performance and durability under high humidity conditions, and also reducing the production cost of the electrode catalyst layer. A membrane electrode assembly of the present embodiment includes a polymer electrolyte membrane, and a pair of electrode catalyst layers sandwiching the polymer electrolyte membrane. At least one of the pair of electrode catalyst layers contains catalyst-supporting particles having a hydrophobic coating, hydrophobic polymer fibers, and a polymer electrolyte.

A method for assembling a fuel cell humidifier can include steps of providing a first humidifier plate and a humidifier membrane. The first humidifier plate can have a first top plate surface. The humidifier membrane can have a bottom membrane surface. The bottom membrane surface of the humidifier membrane can be disposed on the first top plate surface of the first humidifier plate. The first humidifier plate can be partially melted. This can permit the first top plate surface of the first humidifier plate to permeate into the bottom membrane surface of the humidifier membrane. The first humidifier plate can be cooled, which can fuse the first top plate surface of the first humidifier plate with the bottom membrane surface of the humidifier membrane.

The present disclosure provides a fuel cell unit cell with high durability. The fuel cell unit cell of the disclosure with increased durability is a fuel cell unit cell having a membrane electrode assembly and a support frame bonded together by a hot-melt adhesive layer, wherein the membrane electrode assembly has an electrolyte membrane and a pair of electrode catalyst layers stacked on either side of the electrolyte membrane, and on at least one side of the membrane electrode assembly, the electrode catalyst layers are stacked inside the outer peripheral sides of the electrolyte membrane and the hot-melt adhesive layer bonds together the outer peripheral sides of the electrolyte membrane and the support frame, with the hot-melt adhesive layer comprising an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer with an ethylene-derived unit content of 90 to 99 mol %, or a polyamide in which the main chain has 9 to 15 methylene groups for each amide group, or a mixture of the two.

Disclosed is a membrane humidifier for a fuel cell, comprising multi-channel hollow fiber membranes having a plurality of channels in various sizes, thus allowing humidifying performance to be maintained in the case of a high rate of flow and to be decreased in the case of a low rate of flow, and thereby preventing flooding. The membrane humidifier for a fuel cell, according to the present invention, comprises: a middle case in which a plurality of hollow fiber membranes are accommodated; a cap case coupled to the middle case; and a fixing unit in which ends of the plurality of hollow fiber membranes are potted, wherein a plurality of channels are formed in each of the hollow fiber membranes, and the difference between the biggest and smallest inner diameters among the inner diameters of the plurality of channels is 30-600 μm.

Disclosed is a membrane humidifier for a fuel cell, which can prevent, without a separate gas filtering device, performance deterioration of a fuel cell due to harmful gases during a humidifying process. The humidifier for a fuel cell, according to the present invention, comprises: a housing unit comprising a first fluid inlet via which a first fluid flows in, a first fluid outlet via which the first fluid flows out, a second fluid inlet via which a second fluid flows in, and a second fluid outlet via which the second fluid flows out, wherein the humidity of the first fluid flowing in via the first fluid inlet is different from the humidity of the second fluid flowing in via the second fluid inlet; at least one first cartridge which is installed inside the housing unit, and in which a plurality of hollow fiber membranes are accommodated; and a gas filter which is provided inside the first cartridge or between the inner circumferential surface of the housing unit and the first cartridge so as to be able to collect harmful gases contained in the first fluid and/or the second fluid, and which has a different shape from the hollow fiber membranes.

A hollow fiber membrane module that increases a ratio of a membrane area contributing to membrane separation effect. On an inner wall surface of a case 100, at least one flow-straightening projection 130 and at least one flow-disturbing projection 140 are provided. The flow-straightening projection 130 projects toward an outer circumferential surface of a hollow fiber membrane bundle 300 to secure a gap between the inner wall surface of the case 100 and the hollow fiber membrane bundle 300 and extends from one end side toward the other end side of the case 100 and straightens a flow of fluid. The flow-disturbing projection 140 extends along a circumferential direction of the case 100 and disturbs the flow of the fluid.

The present invention discloses a hollow fiber membrane material for a high-humidification hydrogen fuel cell humidifier and a preparation method and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of fuel cell materials. The present invention provides a hollow fiber membrane material, and the preparation method includes: mixing and dissolving sulfonated polyarylene ether nitrile resin, a pore-forming agent, a modified nano-filler and a solvent for still standing; performing vacuumizing; coagulating a spinning fluid in an internal coagulant bath and an external coagulant bath; and washing and drying an obtained crude product to obtain the hollow fiber membrane material.

A method for making an improved fuel cell using a porosity gradient design for gas diffusion layers in a hydrogen fuel cell, a gas diffusion layer made by the method and a fuel cell containing the gas diffusion layer.