Highly Durable Metal-Oxides as an Alternative Catalyst Supports for PEFCs

Autor: Gu-Gon Park, Didem C. Dogan, Sung-Dae Yim, Young-Jun Sohn, Sun-Mi Hwang, Tae-Hyun Yang
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: ECS Transactions. 58:1843-1847
ISSN: 1938-6737
1938-5862
DOI: 10.1149/05801.1843ecst
Popis: High surface area Magnèli Phase Titanium Oxides (MPTOs), synthesized by high temperature reduction and mechanical milling of TiO2 as a catalyst support material for a polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs). Pt as an active metal distributed on the prepared supports by impregnation-reduction method. The catalyst structure and composition of the Pt/HS_MPTO were determined by X-ray diffractometer (XRD), Field Emission Transmission Electron Spectroscopy (FE-TEM) and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer (ICP). The catalytic activity for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and stability against high potential were examined and compared with commercial Pt/C catalyst. The durability of Pt/HS_MPTO catalysts was examined by potential holding at 1.3 V for 24 h. Pt/HS_MPTO catalyst showed nearly no changes in the half-wave potentials representing much higher durability compared to the commercial Pt/C catalysts.
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