Development of Novel Metal Oxide Supported Pt catalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane and Unitized Regenerative Fuel Cells Applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 1893-1902 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng-Yang Huang ◽  
Prabhu Ganesan ◽  
Peng Zhang ◽  
Branko Popov
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Metal Oxide ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane ◽  
Pt Catalysts ◽  
Electrolyte Membrane ◽  
Supported Pt Catalysts

Electronic Structures of Non-Pt Carbon Alloy Catalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells Revealed by Synchrotron Radiation Analyses

2011 ◽  
Vol 1318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaharu Oshima ◽  
Hideharu Niwa ◽  
Makoto Saito ◽  
Masaki. Kobayashi ◽  
Koji Horiba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte ◽  
Active Site ◽  
Electronic Structures ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane ◽  
Pt Catalysts ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Electrolyte Membrane ◽  
X Ray Absorption ◽  
Alloy Catalysts

ABSTRACTThe oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) mechanism of non-Pt catalysts was elucidated by investigating electronic structures of carbon alloy catalysts (CACs) for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC). For metal phthalocyanine-based carbon alloy catalysts with 1-2% of nitrogen and less than 0.1% of Co or Fe, photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), and X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) have revealed that Co or Fe metal sites are not the ORR active site, whereas the carbon atoms adjacent to graphitic nitrogens at a zigzag edge of graphite may act as the ORR active site, which is in good agreement with first principles calculations. These studies have also revealed that the zigzag edges, detected as a XAS shoulder component, are well evolved for catalysts pyrolyzed at 600°C, which show the maximum ORR activity. Based on these analyses, we have realized significantly improved carbon alloy based ORR performance, up to about 70 % of that with Pt catalysts. Further, to analyze the electronic structure of CACs during operation, we constructed a new in situ soft X-ray emission spectroscopy system with very high energy resolution (ΔE) of 120 meV at 640 eV at the University of Tokyo beamline BL07LSU in SPring-8.

Nitrogen-functionalized carbon-supported Pt catalysts implemented in high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

2021 ◽  
pp. 229971
Author(s):  
Nicole Pimperl ◽  
Nico Bevilacqua ◽  
Michael A. Schmid ◽  
Paulette A. Loichet Torres ◽  
Hany A. El-Sayed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Temperature ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane ◽  
Pt Catalysts ◽  
Electrolyte Membrane ◽  
Supported Pt Catalysts

Effect of gas composition on Ru dissolution and crossover in polymer-electrolyte membrane fuel cells

2010 ◽  
Vol 195 (15) ◽  
pp. 4622-4627 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommy T.H. Cheng ◽  
Nengyou Jia ◽  
Vesna Colbow ◽  
Silvia Wessel ◽  
Monica Dutta
Keyword(s):  
Fuel Cells ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane ◽  
Gas Composition ◽  
Electrolyte Membrane

scholarly journals Correlating high temperature thin film ionomer electrode binder properties to hydrogen pump polarization

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gokul Venugopalan ◽  
Deepra Bhattacharya ◽  
Subarna Kole ◽  
Cameron Ysidron ◽  
Polyxeni P. Angelopoulou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Thin Film ◽  
Fuel Cells ◽  
High Temperature ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte ◽  
Polymer Electrolyte Membrane ◽  
Pem Fuel Cells ◽  
Profound Impact ◽  
Electrolyte Membrane ◽  
Electrode Binder ◽  
Hydrogen Pump

Ionomer electrode binders are important materials for polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells and electrolyzers and have a profound impact on cell performance. Herein, we report the effect of two...

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