scholarly journals Monodispersed Pt3Ni Nanoparticles as a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for PEMFCs

Catalysts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. 588 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delong Yang ◽  
Jun Gu ◽  
Xiaomeng Liu ◽  
Haitong He ◽  
Meiyu Wang ◽  
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A facile strategy is proposed to synthesize monodispersed Pt3Ni nanoparticles. Such a kind of electrocatalyst shows a larger electrochemical surface area (98.9 m2 gpt−1) and double the mass activity of the oxygen reduction reaction activity compared to commercial Pt/C catalyst. The results show that the suitable addition of Ni and triethylamine in the reduction process plays an important role in controlling the size and dispersion of Pt3Ni nanoparticles. A further membrane electrode assembly test proves that as-prepared Pt3Ni nanoparticles can greatly enhance the electrochemical performance of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell, which exhibits a great potential of application in fuel cells.

2018 ◽  
Vol 778 ◽  
pp. 275-282
Author(s):  
Noaman Khan ◽  
Saim Saher ◽  
Xuan Shi ◽  
Muhammad Noman ◽  
Mujahid Wasim Durani ◽  
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Highly porous ZIF-67 (Zeolitic imidazole framework) has a conductive crystalline metal organic framework (MOF) structure which was served as a precursor and template for the preparation of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (NCNTs) electrocatalysts. As a first step, the chloroplatinic acid, a platinum (Pt) precursor was infiltrated in ZIF-67 with a precise amount to obtain 0.12 mg.cm-2 Pt loading. Later, the infiltrated structure was calcined at 700°C in Ar:H2 (90:10 vol%) gas mixture. Multi-walled nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes were grown on the surface of ZIF-67 crystals following thermal activation at 700°C. The resulting PtCo-NCNTs electrocatalysts were deposited on Nafion-212 solid electrolyte membrane by spray technique to study the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in the presence of H2/O2 gases in a temperature range of 50-70°C. The present study elucidates the performance of nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes ORR electrocatalysts derived from ZIF-67 and the effects of membrane electrode assembly (MEA) steaming on the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) employing PtCo-NCNTs as ORR electrocatalysts. We observed that the peak power density at 70°C was 450 mW/cm2 for steamed membrane electrode assembly (MEA) compared to 392 mW/cm2 for an identical MEA without steaming.


Author(s):  
Britta Mayerhöfer ◽  
Konrad Ehelebe ◽  
Florian Dominik Speck ◽  
Markus Bierling ◽  
Johannes Bender ◽  
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Bipolar membrane|electrode interface water electrolyzers (BPEMWE) were found to outperform a proton exchange membrane (PEM) water electrolyzer reference in a similar membrane electrode assembly (MEA) design based on individual porous...


Nanoscale ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (20) ◽  
pp. 6910-6919 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yachao Zeng ◽  
Xiaoqian Guo ◽  
Zhiqiang Wang ◽  
Jiangtao Geng ◽  
Hongjie Zhang ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Faycel Khemili ◽  
Mustapha Najjari ◽  
Sassi Ben Nasrallah

This paper presents one-dimensional transient thermal model for the membrane electrode assembly (MEA) of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). This model accounts for various heat generating mechanisms, including irreversible heat due to electrochemical reactions, entropic heat, and Joule heating arising from the electrolyte ionic resistance. Numerical results show the effects of many important factors on the transient phenomena in the PEMFC system.


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