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ELECTROCHIMICA ACTA
卷 53, 期 14, 页码 4927-4933出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2008.01.102
关键词
PEM fuel cell; heteropoly acid; direct methanol fuel cell; electrocatalysis
Polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy experiments were performed oil a direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) incorporating the heteropoly acids (HPAs) phosphomolybdic acid, H3PMo12O40, (HPMo) or phosphotungstic acid, H3PW12O40, (HPW) in the anode Pt/C catalyst layer. Both HPW-Pt and HPMo-Pt showed higher performance than the Pt control at 30 psig of backpressure and at ambient pressure. Anodic polarizations were also performed,and Tafel slopes were extracted from the data between 0.25 V and 0.5 V. At 30 psig, Tafel slopes of 133 mV/dec, 146 mV/dec, and 161 mV/dec were found for HPW-Pt, HPMo-Pt and the Pt control, respectively. At 0 psig, the Tafel slopes were 172 mV/dec, 178 mV/dec, and 188 mV/dec for HPW-Pt, HPMo-Pt and the Pt control. An equivalent circuit model, which incorporated constant phase elements (CPEs), was Used to model the impedance data. From the impedance model it was found that the incorporation of HPAs into the catalyst layer resulted in a reduction in the resistances to charge transfer. This shows that these two heteropoly acids do act as co-catalysts with platinum for methanol electrooxidation. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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