期刊
ELECTROCHEMISTRY COMMUNICATIONS
卷 10, 期 11, 页码 1728-1731出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2008.09.001
关键词
Oxygen reduction reaction; Hydrogen oxidation; Fuel cell; Solid-state cell; Platinum
资金
- Imperial College
A new approach to test fuel cell catalysts under conditions of high mass transport and variable temperature is described. This approach relies upon utilising a 5 mu m thick gold grid to act as a catalyst support in contact with a perfluorsulfonic acid (PFSA) membrane in a true three electrode electrochemical configuration. The gold grid has 20 mu m x 20 mu m sized holes in it which allow the reactant gas to reach the catalyst layer. The high electrical conductivity and low profile of the grid ensure that electrical and mass transport losses are minimal. We have used this configuration to look at the oxygen reduction reaction (orr) and the hydrogen oxidation reaction (hor) on a platinum-black and platinum on carbon catalyst at a loading of about 10 mu g cm(-2). We find that for the on, we can measure kinetic currents over the entire range of relevant fuel cell operating potentials (0.55-1 V). Although platinum-black shows higher specific catalytic activity towards the on, than platinum on carbon at high potentials, this performance benefit is reduced at lower potentials. For the hor we measure exchange current densities of 0.022 A cm(-2) and 0.026 A cm(-2) respectively on the Pt-Black and Pt/C. These values indicate that there does not appear to be a size effect for the hor, unlike the orr. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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