Development of ultra-low Pt alloy cathode catalyst for PEM fuel cells

Branko N. Popov, Xuguang Li, Gang Liu, Prabhu Ganesan, Hansung Kim, Bumwook Roh, Inchul Hwang

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Abstract

Two approaches are described for the synthesis of ultra-low platinum loading catalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). The first approach is the synthesis of a hybrid cathode catalyst (HCC) which combines a non-platinum carbon based composite catalyst (CCC) with active catalytic sites for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) as a support and highly active Pt/Pt-alloy catalysts. The activity of HCC is found to be 1.3 times higher than that of Pt/C in the platinum loading range of 0.1-0.4 mg cm-2, while it is 2.6 times that of Pt/C at platinum loading of 0.04 mg cm-2. The goal of our second strategy is the development of activated graphitic carbon (AGC) supported Pt3M1 (M=nonprecious transition metal) catalyst (Pt3M1/AGC). The Pt3M1/AGC catalyst showed mass activity of 0.41 A mgPt-1 and specific activity of 1023 μA/cm2 at 0.9 ViR-free. Fuel cell performance evaluation under H2/air exhibited a high current density performance of 1.45 A at 0.56 ViR-free.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPolymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells 11
PublisherElectrochemical Society Inc.
Pages955-969
Number of pages15
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9781607682547
ISBN (Print)9781607682547
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event11th Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Symposium, PEFC 11 - 220th ECS Meeting - Boston, MA, United States
Duration: 2011 Oct 92011 Oct 14

Publication series

NameECS Transactions
Number1
Volume41
ISSN (Print)1938-5862
ISSN (Electronic)1938-6737

Other

Other11th Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Symposium, PEFC 11 - 220th ECS Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston, MA
Period11/10/911/10/14

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Engineering(all)

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