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Spectroscopic Investigation of Catalyst Inks and Thin Films Toward the Development of Ionomer Quality Control

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APPLIED SPECTROSCOPY
卷 76, 期 6, 页码 644-659

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/00037028221080177

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Attenuated total reflection spectroscopy; ATR; perfluorosulfonic acid; PFSA; Nafion; catalyst ink composition; fuel cells; ionomer content

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  1. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-AC3608GO28308]
  2. U.S. Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office

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As the production of polymer electrolyte fuel cells expands, novel quality control methods need to be developed to support expected production rates. In this research, a spectroscopic method was analyzed to quantify the ionomer content of catalyst inks, which is an essential step in fuel cell manufacturing. The results show potential for the development of new quality control methodologies for catalyst inks used in the fuel cell industry.
As the production of polymer electrolyte fuel cells expands, novel quality control methods must be invented or adapted in order to support expected rates of production. Ensuring the quality of deposited catalyst layers is an essential step in the fuel cell manufacturing process, as the efficiency of a fuel cell is reliant on the catalyst layer being uniform at both the target platinum loading and the target ionomer content. Implementing a quality control method that is sensitive to these aspects is imperative, as wasting precious metals and other catalyst materials is expensive, and represents a potential barrier to entry into the field for manufacturers experimenting with novel deposition processes. In this work, we analyzed catalyst inks to determine if their ionomer content could be quantized spectroscopically. Attenuated total reflection (ATR) Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic technique was investigated producing a signal proportional to the ionomer content. ATR spectroscopy was able to quantitatively differentiate samples in which the ionomer to carbon mass ratio (I/C) varied between 0.9 and 3.0. The I/C ratio was correlated to the measured ATR signal near the CF2 vibrational bands located between 1100 cm(-1) and 1400 cm(-1). The experimental results obtained constitute a step toward the development of novel quality control methodologies for catalyst inks utilized by the fuel cell industry.

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