Non-precious metal catalysts prepared from precursors comprising cyanamide and polyaniline

Chung, Hoon Taek; Zelenay, Piotr

Non-precious metal catalysts prepared from precursors comprising cyanamide and polyaniline

Patent · 22 May 2018

OSTI ID:1440984

Chung, Hoon Taek; Zelenay, Piotr

A catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) for a fuel cell was prepared by pyrolyzing a mixture of polyaniline, cyanamide, carbon black, and a non-precious metal salt under an inert atmosphere. The pyrolyzed product was treated to remove acid soluble components and then pyrolyzed again. The resulting powder was used to prepare a cathode for a membrane electrode assembly that was used in a fuel cell. When iron(III) chloride was used as the salt, the resulting catalyst was porous with a web-shaped structure. It displayed a maximum power density of 0.79 W/cm at 0.4 V in H.sub.2/O.sub.2 at 1.0 bar back pressure.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

DOE Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

Assignee:: Los Alamos National Security, LLC (Los Alamos, NM)

Patent Number(s):: 9,979,026

Application Number:: 14/042,249

OSTI ID:: 1440984

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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