CA2252020C - Silicone resin-metal composite - Google Patents

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CA2252020C
CA2252020C CA002252020A CA2252020A CA2252020C CA 2252020 C CA2252020 C CA 2252020C CA 002252020 A CA002252020 A CA 002252020A CA 2252020 A CA2252020 A CA 2252020A CA 2252020 C CA2252020 C CA 2252020C
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Masanori Matsukawa
Yoshihiro Fujimi
Takeyuki Tsunekawa
Etsuro Yamaguchi
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Abstract

A silicone resin-metal composite comprising a thin metal plate and a silicone resin layer formed on at least one side of the thin metal plate by injection molding, wherein a silicone resin layer has a thickness of from 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm and a hardness within a range of from 20 to 70 (JIS K6301 spring type hardness test A).

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Our Ref.: MJ-65-X

SILICONE RESIN-METAL COMPOSITE
The present invention relates to a silicon resin-metal composite which is suited for use as a cushioning material, a packing material and a spacer for electrical and electronic parts, particularly as a separator of a fuel cell, and is available in complicated shape and reduced size.
Heretofore, silicone rubber has been used for the above-mentioned various applications as a cushioning material or a spacer, since it is excellent in heat resistance and electrical insulating properties.
If relatively thin films solely made of such silicone rubber are fitted into electrical and electronic parts, there has been a practical problem such that thin films crease, or that they stick too fast to separate. As a solution to such a problem, a composite laminate obtained by integrating simple silicone rubber and a non-stretchable thin metal plate has been known (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication JP-A-4-86256 and Japanese Unexamined Utility Model Publication JP-U-2-470).
A usual method for the integration is to press a silicone rubber sheet placed on at least one side of a thin metal plate under heating. However, this method has problems that when the silicone rubber sheet partly covers the thin metal plate, the positioning is difficult, and when the thin metal plate has an uneven surface, it is difficult to join them uniformly.
The present invention is based on a discovery of a silicone resin-metal composite which can solve the above-mentioned problems and provides a silicone resin-metal composite comprising a thin metal plate and a silicone resin layer formed on at least one side of the thin metal plate by injection molding, wherein a silicone resin layer has a thickness of from 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm and a hardness within a range of from 20 to 70 (JIS K6301 spring type hardness test A).
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Figure 1 is a sectional view of a packing material as one embodiment of the composite of the present invention.
Figure 2 is a sectional view of an embodiment of the injection mold used for the packing material shown in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a sectional view of the main part of an injection mold used for molding a composite fuel cell separator of the present invention.
Figure 4 is a sectional view of the main part of another injection mold other than the injection mold shown in Figure 3.
Figure 5 is a view of a fuel cell separator as an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a lateral view of the fuel cell separator shown in Figure 5.
Figure 7 is a magnified sectional view of the main part of a single cell unit made of plural fuel cell separators arranged in layers.
Figure 8 illustrates another fuel cell separator which constitutes the above-mentioned single cell unit.
Figure 9 illustrates still another fuel cell separator that constitutes the above-mentioned single cell unit.
Figure 10 illustrates a cell stack made by joining the single cell units together.
Now, the present invent_Lon will be described in detail.
As the thin metal plate to be used in the present invention, a steel plate, a stainless steel plate, a plated steel plate, an aluminum plate, a copper plate or a titanium plate is suitable, but the thin metal plate is not restricted to them. The thin metal plate preferably has a thickness of from 0.1 to 2.0 mm and may have an uneven surface which has a three-dimensional structure in various shapes depending on the use and may form fuel gas channels when the composite is used as a separator for a fuel cell, particularly for a solid polymer type fuel cell.
It is preferable to form a primer layer of various kinds on the surface of the thin metal plate which is to be brought in contact with a silicone resin layer in view of adhesiveness. The primer layer is formed by a usual method such as spraying or dipping and preferably has a thickness within a range of from 0.01 ;gym to 5.0 ~ m. If the thickness is less than 0.01 ;gym, it is difficult to control the thickness, and a primer layer thicker than 5.0 a m is not effective in improving adhesiveness.
On at least one side of the thin metal plate, a silicone resin layer is formed. The silicone resin to be used is a fluid resin, and a usual two-part addition-type fluid silicone resin may be used. A resin with a viscosity of from 103 to 104 poise (25~C) is favorably used. A resin with a viscosity of less than 103 poise is too ductile to handle, and a resin with a viscosity more than 104 poise is likely to have fluidity inadequate for injection molding.
Further, fillers such as fine silica powder, diatomaceous earth and highly heat conductive inorganic fillers may be added, if necessary.
The present invention is characterized by formation of a silicone resin layer by injection molding. As the _ 5 _ method of injection molding, a technique called insert molding may be employed by injecting a resin into a mold holding a thin metal plate inside, at a mold temperature of from 100 to 180~C and an injection pressure of from 100 to 500 kgf/cmz under appropriate conditions so as not to form bubbles and fins.
It is necessary that the silicone resin has a thickness within a range of from 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm after injection molding. A silicone resin layer thinner than 0.05 mm is difficult to precisely form by injection molding, hardly has effective elasticity and therefore is inadequate to be used for a packing material. A
silicone resin layer thicker than 1.0 mm is difficult to reduce in size to be used as a separator of a fuel cell, particularly of a solid polymer type fuel cell and also has a problem of being costly.
Further, it is necessary that the silicone resin layer has a hardness within a range of from 20 to 70, preferably from 50 to 60, measured in accordance with JIS K6301 spring type hardness test A after injection molding.
If the hardness is less than 20, there are problems that the silicone resin layer is too soft to handle and is too deformable to be used for a packing material. If the hardness is more than 70, there is a problem that the silicone resin layer is too hard and lacks elasticity.

The composite of the present invention may be used as a cushioning material, a packing material, a spacer or an 0 ring for electrical and electronic parts and can be used preferably as a separator of a fuel cell (a solid polymer type fuel cell). There is a demand for such separators in reduced size, and because plural separators are stacked when used, separators of high precision and high productivity are demanded. The composite of the present invention which has a silicone resin layer formed by injection molding can easily satisfy these demands.
Now, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to Examples. However, it should be understood that the present invention is by no means restricted to such specific Examples.

A silicone resin-metal composite packing material having a cross-sectional view illustrated in Figure 1 was prepared by using an injection mold having a cross-sectional view illustrated in Figure 2. The packing material shown in Figure 1 was discoidal and comprises an annular thin metal plate 11-(thickness 0.3 mm) made of stainless steel having irregularities A and a concentric silicone resin layer 2 with ribs 21 formed on part of the surface of the thin metal plate.
The packing material was a circular packing with an outer diameter of 200 mm and concentric ribs on part of -it and had a silicone resin layer 2 with a thickness of from 60 to 100 ~ m and two ribs 21 having a trapezoidal cross-section with a width of 500 um and a height of 500 ;gym. The silicone resin layer 2 had a hardness of 60.
The packing material was prepared by an injection molding machine using the injection mold having a cross-sectional view illustrated in Figure 2. As shown in Figure 2, a stainless steel plate 11 was held on the male mold 4, and a fluid silicone resin was injected through the gates 3 of the female mold 5.
A fluid silicone resin KE-1950-60 manufactured by Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd. was molded by injection molding on one side of a stainless steel plate (having a primer-treated surface, ME-21 manufactured by Toshiba Silicone Co., Ltd.) at a mold temperature of 160~C and an injection pressure of 300 kdf/cm2. The resulting packing material having a cross-sectional view illustrated in Figure 1 was released from t:he mold. The packing material showed good adhesion between the stainless steel plate and the silicone resin layer with no ply separation. It had satisfactory quality as a packing material with no fins or bubbles.

Next, a silicone resin-metal composite separator for fuel cells prepared by injection molding will be described as another example with reference to Figures 3 to 10.

_ g _ A thin metal plate 31 as a metal separator body was set on an injection mold 30 illustrated in Figure 3, and as a sealing material 33a, a silicone resin layer (hardness 60) was formed by injection molding on one side of the separator body 31. Then the separator body 31 was set on an injection mold 34 illustrated in Figure 4, and as a sealing material 33b, another silicone resin layer (hardness 60) was formed by injection molding on the other side of the separator body 31 to obtain a fuel cell separator 36 shown in Figures 5 and 6.
The separator body 31 was 0.3 mm thick and had an uneven pattern 38 of gas channels made by press molding or etching at the center, and reaction gas holes 40, pinholes 41 and cooling medium channels 42 punctured in the periphery 39. The reaction gas holes 40 and the center 37 were connected by uneven reaction gas paths 43.
The top surface of the uneven pattern 38 of gas channels of the separator body 31 formed electrode terminals 44 having a corrosion-resistant and electrically-conductive top coat.
As shown in Figure 5 and Figure 7, the sealing material 33a consisting of a planar body 45 and projected ribs 46 was firmly attached to the periphery 39a on one side 32 of the separator body 31. As shown in Figure 6 and Figure 7, a sealing material 33b consisting of a planar body 47 only was firmly attached to the periphery 39b on the other side 35.

At the reaction gas paths 43, corrosion-resistant rigid thin plates 48 (SUS304, thickness 0.1 mm)) were interposed between the peripheries 39a and 39b on both sides of the separator body 31 and the sealing materials 33a and 33b and firmly attached to the sealing materials 33a and 33b to ensure passage of the reaction gas through the reaction paths 43.
The bodies 45 and 47 of the sealing materials 33a and 33b were preferably from 50 to 350 ~ m thick, in particular from 60 to 200 ~ m thick.
The ribs 46 comprised first ribs 46a formed along the inner periphery of the sealing material 33a, second ribs 46b formed along the outer peripheries of the reaction gas holes and third ribs 46c formed around the outer peripheries of the cooling medium channels 42, and the ribs 46 have a nearly semicircular cross-section with a width of 500 ~ m and a height of 500 a m.
Figure 7 illustrates a single cell unit 53 assembled from fuel cell separators 30, 49 and 50, electrodes 51 and a spacer 52.
Figure 8 illustrates a fuel cell separator 49 which has the same structure as the fuel cell separator 36 except that cooling medium paths 59 which connect the cooling medium channels 58 with the center 57 of the separator body 56 are formed in the sealing material 55 having ribs 54.
Figure 9 illustrates a fuel cell separator 50 which has the same structure as the fuel cell separator 36 except that cooling medium paths 65 which connect the cooling medium channels 64 with the center 63 of the separator body 62 are formed in the sealing material 61 having ribs 60.
Figure 10 illustrates a cell stack obtained by arranging plural single cell units 53 in a stack, providing terminals 66, insulating sheets 67 and pressure plates 68 on both sides of the stack and applying pressing loads (indicated by arrows in Figure 8) to the pressure plates 68.
The cell stack 69 thus assembled underwent no substantial leaks at a gauge pressure of nitrogen gas of 0.294 MPa and had good durability with no noticeable leaks of the modified gas o:r air at a gauge pressure of 0.196 MPa while it was actually generating electricity.
As described above, the silicone resin-metal composite of the present invention has an advantage that it can be produced precisely and effectively in three-dimensional shape because the silicone resin layer is formed by injection molding, and is suitable for use as a cushioning material, a packing material, a spacer for various electrical and electronic parts, especially as a separator of a fuel cell (a solid polymer type fuel cel l ) .

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1. A fuel cell comprising a silicone resin-metal composite as a separator in the fuel cell, wherein the silicone resin-metal composite comprises a thin metal plate having a thickness of 0.1 to 2.00 mm and a silicone resin layer formed on at least one side of the thin metal plate by injection molding, wherein the silicone resin layer has a thickness of from 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm and a hardness JIS K6301 spring type hardness test A within the range of from 20 to 70.
2. The fuel cell according to claim 1, wherein the fuel cell is a solid polymer fuel cell.
3. The fuel cell according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the separator comprises channels for a fuel gas.
4. A fuel cell separator made of a silicone resin-metal composite comprising a thin metal plate having a thickness of 0.1 to 2.00 mm and a silicone resin layer formed on at least one side of the thin metal plate by injection molding, wherein the silicone resin layer has a thickness of from 0.05 mm to 1.0 mm and a hardness within the range of from 20 to 70 (according to JIS K6301 spring type hardness test A).
5. The fuel cell separator according to claim 4, wherein the thin metal plate has an uneven surface pattern on which the silicone resin layer is formed.
6. The fuel cell separator according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the thin metal plate is made of steel, stainless steel, plated steel, aluminum, copper or titanium.
7. The fuel cell according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the thin metal plate is made of steel, stainless steel, plated steel, aluminum, copper or titanium.
8. The fuel cell separator according to claim 4, 5 or 6, wherein the thin metal plate has a thickness of 0.1 to 2.0 mm.
9. The fuel cell according to any one of claims 1 to 3 or claim 7, wherein the thin metal plate has a thickness of 0.1 to 2.0 mm.
10. The fuel cell separator according to claim 4, 5, 6 or 8, wherein the silicone resin layer is formed of a two-part addition-type fluid silicone resin having a viscosity of from 10 3 to 10 4 poise (at 25°C).
11. The fuel cell according to any one of claims 1 to 3 or claim 7 or 9, wherein the silicone resin layer is formed of a two-part addition-type fluid silicone resin having a viscosity of from 10 3 to 10 4 poise (at 25°C).
12. The fuel cell separator according to claim 4, 5, 6, 8 or 10, wherein the silicone resin layer is formed on both sides of the thin metal plate, as sealing materials, in which one sealing material on one side of the thin metal consists of a planar body and projected ribs and the other sealing material on the other side of the thin metal consists of a planar body only.
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