Microstructural Evolution and ORR Activity of Nanocolumnar Platinum Thin Films with Different Mass Loadings Grown by High Pressure Sputtering

Ergul-Yilmaz, Busra; Yang, Zhiwei; Perry, Mike L.; More, Karren L.; Macauley, Natalia; Borup, Rod L.; Karabacak, Tansel

doi:10.1149/1945-7111/abba90

Title: Microstructural Evolution and ORR Activity of Nanocolumnar Platinum Thin Films with Different Mass Loadings Grown by High Pressure Sputtering

Journal Article · Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society (Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/abba90· OSTI ID:1883618

^[1]; Yang, Zhiwei ^[2]; Perry, Mike L. ^[2]; More, Karren L. ^[3]; Macauley, Natalia ^[4]; Borup, Rod L. ^[4]; Karabacak, Tansel ^[1]

Univ. of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (United States)
Raytheon Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Nanocolumnar platinum thin films (Pt-TFs) with different Pt mass loadings were grown by high pressure sputtering (HIPS) and investigated as oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell applications. Mass loading was controlled by changing the sputter deposition time. A cauliflower-like columnar microstructure was achieved by depositing the Pt-TFs onto a microporous layer (MPL)-like surface composed of carbon particles in order to mimic catalyst-coated gas diffusion electrodes. Microstructural evolution of HIPS Pt-TFs and their ORR activity were investigated. Electrochemical characterization of the nanocolumnar Pt-TFs was performed by cyclic voltammetry and rotating disk electrode measurements on Pt-TF/MPL-like-layer/glassy-carbon samples in an aqueous perchloric acid electrolyte. The electrochemically active surface area increased from 18 to 39 m² g^–1 as the Pt mass loading was decreased. Specific activity of the films was similar (~600 μA cm^–2) for all Pt mass loadings, due to the similar nanoparticle sizes of ~5 nm as observed by transmission electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Furthermore, mass activity of the films increased from 0.11 to 0.26 A mg^–1 as the Pt mass loading was decreased, which is an indication of the effective Pt utilization and better access through the catalyst layer at lower Pt mass loadings.

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Research Organization:: Raytheon Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0007652

OSTI ID:: 1883618

Journal Information:: Journal of the Electrochemical Society (Online), Vol. 167, Issue 13; ISSN 1945-7111

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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