Skip to main content
OSTI.GOVU.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
 

Method of making chalcogen catalysts for polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1009833
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Los Alamos, NM
  2. Champaign, IL
  3. Harabin, CN
+ Show Author Affiliations
A method of making an electrode catalyst material using aqueous solutions. The electrode catalyst material includes a support comprising at least one transition metal and at least one chalcogen disposed on a surface of the transition metal. The method includes reducing a metal powder, mixing the metal powder with an aqueous solution containing at least one inorganic compound of the chalcogen to form a mixture, and providing a reducing agent to the mixture to form nanoparticles of the electrode catalyst. The electrode catalyst may be used in a membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
Assignee:
Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)
Patent Number(s):
7,851,399
Application Number:
11/443,809
OSTI ID:
1009833
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (4)

The structure analysis of the active centers of Ru-containing electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction. An in situ EXAFS study journal August 2002
In Situ EXAFS Study To Probe Active Centers of Ru Chalcogenide Electrocatalysts During Oxygen Reduction Reaction journal February 2002
Progress in preparation of non-noble electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cell reactions journal June 2006
Novel low-temperature synthesis of semiconducting transition metal chalcogenide electrocatalyst for multielectron charge transfer: molecular oxygen reduction journal August 1994

Similar Records

Related Subjects