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Sigracet 36 BB

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1. Introduction

Sigracet 36 BB is a non-woven carbon paper gas diffusion media with a Microporous Layer (MPL) that has been PTFE treated to 5 wt%. It has a total thickness of 285 um (microns).

The hydrophobic treatment produces water repellent properties which prevent the highly porous carbon fiber backings from flooding and actively support the water management of PEM fuel cells. SGL BB is a great low-cost alternative to conventional woven carbon paper Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) and Gas Diffusion Media materials.


2. Features

The Sigracet Carbon Fiber Paper 36 Series is intended to combine the required production robustness and the excellent performance properties. Stack developers and assemblers are benefiting from the following greatly improved characteristics:

- Greatly improved homogeneity inter-lot and intra-lot. The overall variability has been shown to be better than +/- 10% (2 sigma)

- Greatly improved surface flatness

- Greatly reduced occurrence of faulty spots on a roll

- Best performance under various operating conditions

- Recommended Applications: PEMFC stationary, PEMFC automotive, HT-PEMFC


Sigracet 38 BC was discontinued and permanently replaced by Sigracet 36 BB.


3. Sigracet GDL series in SCI Materials Hub

SeriesSigracet 22BBSigracet 28BCSigracet 29BCSigracet 35BCSigracet 36BBSigracet 39BB
Thickness0.215 mm0.235 mm0.235 mm0.325 mm0.280 mm0.315 mm


4. Welcome to cite our materials in your papers

1. Gas diffusion layer Sigracet 36BB was obtained from SCI Materials Hub.

2. Commercially available Sigracet 36BB gas diffusion layers (GDLs, SCI Materials Hub) comprised of 5 wt% PTFE-treated carbon paper and a teflonized microporous layer, were used.

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Sigracet 36 BB Carbon Paper Property Sheet.pdf

Sigracet GDL Handling Instructions.pdf


Gas Diffusion Layer Properties (Sigracet 36 BB)
Material TypeCarbon Fiber Paper
Thickness280 microns +/- 20 microns
Areal Weight105 +/- 15 g/m2
Electrical Resistivity< 12 mΩcm2 (milli-ohms cm2)
Thermal Conductivity0.43 W(m-1)(K-1)
Bending Stiffness (MD/TD)3.6 / 3.2 N mm
Gas Permeability3.0 Gurley sec
Compressibility14 (@ 5 psi, 1.0 MPa)
Water Contact Angle (MPL)> 130°
Roughness (MPL side)5.8 μm
Impurities (Fe, Co, Ni)< 10 ppm
Tensile Strength8.5 / 8.1 (MD/TD)
PTFE Treatment5%
Microporous LayerYes, on one side


SGL Carbon develops and commercializes carbon-based products for Polymer-Electrolyte-Membrane Fuel Cells (PEFC):

- Gas Diffusion Layers (GDL)

- Foils used as separator plates for fuel cells and redox-flow batteries (Expanded Graphite)


GDLs are typically designed as a bilayer structure consisting of a macro-porous backing material (carbon fiber paper support) and a micro-porous, carbon-based layer (MPL). The fibrous backing material governs the mechanical properties of the GDL (behavior upon compression, bending and shear strength, etc.) while the MPL ensures intimate contact to the catalyst layers, protects the delicate proton exchange membrane against perforation and plays an active role with respect to the water management in the cell during operation. There is consensus that this heterogeneous porosity brought about by this structure (hydrophilic/hydrophobic and various pore sizes) is advantageous for the performance.

Sketch of the bilayer structure of Gas Diffusion Layers


Hydrophobic properties in the backing and the MPL are maintained by adding defined amounts of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to both sublayers. Various types of carbon particles (carbon blacks, graphite) can be used in the MPL in order to produce different levels of hydrophobicity. Furthermore, the MPL can be used as substrate to deposit catalyst particles for the manufacture of gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs).

SGL Carbon has been producing fully-treated SIGRACET gas diffusion layers by reel-to-reel processes since 1999. Carbon paper-type (prepared by wet-laying of chopped PAN-based carbon fibers) gas diffusion layers are the preferred solution since they can be manufactured at high volumes (scalability) and low thickness. The following figures show the whole value chain of GDL manufacturing. All commercially available GDL materials to date are based on carbon fibers derived from polyacrylonitrile (PAN). PAN (co)polymers are processed into precursor fibers by wet-spinning. Subsequent stabilization and pyrolysis yields high tensile (HT) carbon fibers which are sized and chopped to enable suitable processing by means of papermaking technologies.


Carbon Fiber Production

SGL Carbon's carbon fiber production process

Manufacturing of SIGRAFIL chopped carbon fibers


A primary carbon fiber web is laid by a papermaking technology and subsequent thermobonding. Thereafter, the obtained raw paper is impregnated with carbonisable thermoset resins (with optional addition of carbon fillers), cured and re-carbonized/graphitized. This serves to enhance the mechanical stability and conductivity as well as to adjust the desired porosity level.


Carbon Paper Substrate

Carbon fiber substratum SGL Carbon

Manufacturing route of SIGRACET (carbon paper-based) gas diffusion layer backings


Finishing of GDL comprises hydrophobic treatment of the substrate with PTFE and coating with a microporous layer (MPL).


Finishing Treatment

Finishing treatment of SGL Carbon's carbon fiber paper for fuel cell applications

Finishing treatments of SIGRACET (carbon paper-based) gas diffusion layers


A loading of the substrate with 5% (w/w) PTFE has proven to be sufficient for obtaining a pronounced hydrophobicity. MPLs typically contain 20 to 25% PTFE. This MPL composition has been identified as the optimum ratio for PEMFC performance across a broad range of operating conditions. Mean pore diameters of SIGRACET GDLs are typically in a range from 0.1 to 0.3 μm (Hg-Porosimetry) or 1.5 to 3 μm (calculated from capillary flow porometry). The hydrophobic treatment produces water repellent properties for the substrate and for the MPL (water contact angles by sessile drop method > 130°).

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Sigracet 36 BB

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Partial references citing our materials (from Google Scholar)


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2. Front. Chem. Boosting Electrochemical Carbon Dioxide Reduction on Atomically Dispersed Nickel Catalyst

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3. Adv. Mater. Partially Nitrided Ni Nanoclusters Achieve Energy-Efficient Electrocatalytic CO2 Reduction to CO at Ultralow Overpotential

An AEM membrane (Sustainion X37-50 Grade RT, purchased from SCI Materials Hub) was activated in 1 M KOH for 24 h, washed with ultra-purity water prior to use.


4. Adv. Funct. Mater. Nanoconfined Molecular Catalysts in Integrated Gas Diffusion Electrodes for High-Current-Density CO2 Electroreduction

In this paper (Supporting Information), an anion exchanged membrane (Fumasep FAB-PK-130 obtained from SCI Materials Hub (www.scimaterials.cn)) was used to separate the catholyte and anolyte chambers.

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5. Appl. Catal. B Efficient utilization of nickel single atoms for CO2 electroreduction by constructing 3D interconnected nitrogen-doped carbon tube network

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6. Vacuum Modulable Cu(0)/Cu(I)/Cu(II) sites of Cu/C catalysts derived from MOF for highly selective CO2 electroreduction to hydrocarbons

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7. National Science Review Confinement of ionomer for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction reaction via efficient mass transfer pathways

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8. Catalysis Communications Facilitating CO2 electroreduction to C2H4 through facile regulating {100} & {111} grain boundary of Cu2O

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Oxygen Reduction Reaction

1. J. Chem. Eng. Superior Efficiency Hydrogen Peroxide Production in Acidic Media through Epoxy Group Adjacent to Co-O/C Active Centers on Carbon Black

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