Journal
ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS
Volume 11, Issue 35, Pages -Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.202101794
Keywords
accelerated stress tests; durability; hydrogen fuel cells; material degradation; X-ray techniques
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- DOE Office of Science User Facility [DE-AC02-05CH11231]
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The study investigates the heterogeneity of polymer electrolyte fuel cell catalyst degradation under varied conditions, with water content promoting Pt particle size growth.
The heterogeneity of polymer electrolyte fuel cell catalyst degradation is studied under varied relative humidity and types of feed gas. Accelerated stress tests (ASTs) are performed on four membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) under wet and dry conditions in an air or nitrogen environment for 30 000 square voltage cycles. The largest electrochemically active area loss is observed for MEA under wet conditions in a nitrogen gas environment AST due to constant upper potential limit of 0.95 V and significant water content. The mean Pt particle size is larger for the ASTs under wet conditions compared to dry conditions, and the Pt particle size under land is generally larger than under the channel. Observations from ASTs in both conditions and gas environments indicate that water content promotes Pt particle size growth. ASTs under wet conditions and an air environment show the largest difference in Pt particle size growth for inlet versus outlet and channel versus land, which can be attributed to larger water content at outlet and under land compared to inlet and under channel. From X-ray fluorescence experiments Pt particle size increase is a local phenomenon as Pt loading remains relatively uniform across the MEA.
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