Editors' Choice—Electrochemically Active Surface Area Measurement of Aged Pt Alloy Catalysts in PEM Fuel Cells by CO Stripping

Garrick, Taylor R.; Moylan, Thomas E.; Carpenter, Michael K.; Kongkanand, Anusorn

doi:10.1149/2.0381702jes

Title: Editors' Choice—Electrochemically Active Surface Area Measurement of Aged Pt Alloy Catalysts in PEM Fuel Cells by CO Stripping

Journal Article · Tue Dec 13 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0381702jes· OSTI ID:1425404

Garrick, Taylor R. ^[1]; Moylan, Thomas E. ^[2]; Carpenter, Michael K. ^[2]; Kongkanand, Anusorn ^[2]

General Motors Global Product Development, Pontiac, MI (United States); Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
General Motors Global Product Development, Pontiac, MI (United States)

The use of hydrogen adsorption/desorption (HAD) is a convenient method to measure the Pt surface area of a catalyst. However, it was shown that electrochemical charges measured by this technique can underestimate the Pt surface area by up to a factor of two for small Pt nanoparticles or Pt alloy nanoparticles. Electrooxidation of CO, so-called CO stripping, has been shown to be more accurate. Yet measurements of CO stripping in MEAs are scarce, especially on high activity alloy catalysts. In this study we investigated CO stripping and the ratio between Pt surface areas measured by CO and by HAD on several Pt and Pt alloy catalysts. The effects on these measurements of temperature and catalyst aging by voltage cycling are discussed.

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Research Organization:: General Motors, Inc., Pontiac, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0007271

OSTI ID:: 1425404

Journal Information:: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 164, Issue 2; ISSN 0013-4651

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