Development Trend and Research Status of the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle

The hydrogen fuel cell (HFC), as a new type of fuel cell, has attracted much attention all over the world. At present, the development de-partments of HFC vehicles in various countries have overcome technical difficulties such as proton exchange membrane, reaction catalyst and bipolar plate. However, problems such as the decline of cell performance and insufficient hydrogen supply in the long-term application of HFC vehicles have not been solved. In this paper, the effects of proton exchange membrane, catalyst, the flow field of bipolar plate and hydrogen sto-rage tank on the development of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles were analyzed. It was found that low fluorine or non-fluorine proton exchange mem-brane, graphene catalyst, bionic flow field design and carbon fiber pressure hydrogen storage tank could effectively improve the performance of HFC vehicles, which were expected to be applied in future practice. Moreover, on the basis of summarizing the achievements made in the deve-lopment and research of HFC vehicles, this paper summarized the technical difficulties that need to be solved in the process of vehicle research and development at the present stage and the main research directions to solve relevant problems in the future. Finally, the research and deve-lopment trend of HFC vehicles was prospected to provide a reference for its industrial application. © 2022 Cailiao Daobaoshe/ Materials Review. All rights reserved.