Journal
JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES
Volume 318, Issue -, Pages 1-8Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.03.104
Keywords
Polymer electrolyte fuel cell; Carbon monoxide; Gas analysis; Oxygen permeation
Funding
- PEFC evaluation project from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan
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The adsorption behavior of CO on the anode around the concentration of 0.2 ppm allowed by ISO 14687-2 is investigated in polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). CO and CO2 concentrations in the anode exhaust are measured during the operation of a JARI standard single cell at 60 degrees C cell temperature and 1000 mA cm(-2) current density. CO coverage is estimated from the gas analysis and CO stripping voltammetry. The cell voltage decrease as a result of 0.2 ppm CO is 29 mV and the CO coverage is 0.6 at the steady state with 0.11 mg cm(-2) of anode platinum loading. The CO coverage as a function of CO concentration approximately follows a Temkin-type isotherm. Oxygen permeated to the anode through a membrane is also measured during fuel cell operation. The exhaust velocity of oxygen from the anode was shown to be much higher than the CO supply velocity. Permeated oxygen should play an important role in CO oxidation under low CO concentration conditions. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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