Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 242, Issue -, Pages 255-263Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.05.035
Keywords
Implantable glucose fuel cell; Fuel cell; Platinum electrodes; Methanol; Formic acid; Electrodeposition
Funding
- German Research Association DFG [GRK 1322]
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We present the implementation and optimization of a novel electrodeposition method for the fabrication of highly porous platinum electrodes. It is based on the co-deposition of platinum and copper and the selective dealloying of copper in a pulsed manner. The new process yields mechanically stable platinum electrodes with roughness factors of up to RF = 6500 +/- 700, compared to the state-of-the-art cyclic electrodeposition method this corresponds to an improvement in RF by 111%. Furthermore the time demand for fabrication is reduced by 59%, whereas the platinum utilization is increased by 53%. The method is particularly advantageous for applications such as micro fuel cells since it enables the precise deposition of catalytically active electrodes on micro-structured conductive areas. In this context the novel platinum electrodes show higher current densities for the oxidation of formic acid and glucose than state-of-the-art electrodes. In terms of methanol oxidation their catalytic activity is comparable to commercial direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) electrodes, fabricated from Pt-Ru nanoparticles dispersed on carbon black. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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