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Title: ElectroCat: DOE's approach to PGM-free catalyst and electrode R&D

Abstract

The successful development of high-performance, durable platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) electrocatalysts and electrodes for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) will ultimately improve the cost-competiveness of fuel cells in a wide range of applications. This is considered to be a critical development especially for automotive fuel cell applications in order to bring the system cost of an automotive fuel cell system down to the $30/kW cost target set by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The platinum group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts are a major contributor to the system cost. Addressing the technical challenges to PGM-free electrocatalyst and electrode development, therefore, represents one of DOE's most pressing research and development (R&D) priorities. ElectroCat was formed by the DOE as part of the Energy Materials Network (EMN) in early 2016, and shares with other EMN consortia the goal of decreasing the time to market for advanced materials related to clean energy technologies, in the context of increasing U.S. fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) manufacturing competitiveness. To accomplish this, the consortium performs core research and development and provides universities and companies streamlined access to the unique, world-class set of tools and expertise relevant to early-stage applied PGM-free catalyst R&D of the member nationalmore » laboratories. Moreover, ElectroCat fosters a systematic methodology by which prospective catalysts and electrodes are prepared and analyzed rapidly and comprehensively using high-throughput, combinatorial methods. Catalyst discovery is augmented by theory as well as foundational electrocatalysis and materials knowledge at the participating national laboratories. Furthermore, ElectroCat has developed a data sharing framework, requisite of all EMN consortia, for disseminating its findings to the public via a searchable database, to further expedite incorporation of PGM-free electrocatalysts into next-generation fuel cells by advancing the general understanding of the PGM-free electrocatalyst field.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [1]
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  1. Dept. of Energy (DOE), Washington DC (United States). Fuel Cell Technologies Office (FCTO)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division
  4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS)
  5. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States). Chemistry and Nanoscience Center
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Research Org.:
National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division
OSTI Identifier:
1424904
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1460171; OSTI ID: 1548720
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-5900-71058
Journal ID: ISSN 0167-2738
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC36-08GO28308; AC05-00OR22725; AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Solid State Ionics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 319; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0167-2738
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; PGM-free electrocatalysts; electrodes; MEA; PEMFC; oxygen reduction reaction

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Thompson, Simon T., Wilson, Adria R., Zelenay, Piotr, Myers, Deborah J., More, Karren L., Neyerlin, K. C., and Papageorgopoulos, Dimitrios. ElectroCat: DOE's approach to PGM-free catalyst and electrode R&D. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1016/j.ssi.2018.01.030.
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Thompson, Simon T., Wilson, Adria R., Zelenay, Piotr, Myers, Deborah J., More, Karren L., Neyerlin, K. C., & Papageorgopoulos, Dimitrios. ElectroCat: DOE's approach to PGM-free catalyst and electrode R&D. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2018.01.030
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Thompson, Simon T., Wilson, Adria R., Zelenay, Piotr, Myers, Deborah J., More, Karren L., Neyerlin, K. C., and Papageorgopoulos, Dimitrios. Sat . "ElectroCat: DOE's approach to PGM-free catalyst and electrode R&D". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2018.01.030. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1424904.
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@article{osti_1424904,
title = {ElectroCat: DOE's approach to PGM-free catalyst and electrode R&D},
author = {Thompson, Simon T. and Wilson, Adria R. and Zelenay, Piotr and Myers, Deborah J. and More, Karren L. and Neyerlin, K. C. and Papageorgopoulos, Dimitrios},
abstractNote = {The successful development of high-performance, durable platinum group metal-free (PGM-free) electrocatalysts and electrodes for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) will ultimately improve the cost-competiveness of fuel cells in a wide range of applications. This is considered to be a critical development especially for automotive fuel cell applications in order to bring the system cost of an automotive fuel cell system down to the $30/kW cost target set by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The platinum group metal (PGM) electrocatalysts are a major contributor to the system cost. Addressing the technical challenges to PGM-free electrocatalyst and electrode development, therefore, represents one of DOE's most pressing research and development (R&D) priorities. ElectroCat was formed by the DOE as part of the Energy Materials Network (EMN) in early 2016, and shares with other EMN consortia the goal of decreasing the time to market for advanced materials related to clean energy technologies, in the context of increasing U.S. fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) manufacturing competitiveness. To accomplish this, the consortium performs core research and development and provides universities and companies streamlined access to the unique, world-class set of tools and expertise relevant to early-stage applied PGM-free catalyst R&D of the member national laboratories. Moreover, ElectroCat fosters a systematic methodology by which prospective catalysts and electrodes are prepared and analyzed rapidly and comprehensively using high-throughput, combinatorial methods. Catalyst discovery is augmented by theory as well as foundational electrocatalysis and materials knowledge at the participating national laboratories. Furthermore, ElectroCat has developed a data sharing framework, requisite of all EMN consortia, for disseminating its findings to the public via a searchable database, to further expedite incorporation of PGM-free electrocatalysts into next-generation fuel cells by advancing the general understanding of the PGM-free electrocatalyst field.},
doi = {10.1016/j.ssi.2018.01.030},
journal = {Solid State Ionics},
number = C,
volume = 319,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Sat Feb 03 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}
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Table 1 Table 1: FCTO Technical Targets for Automotive PGM-free PEMFC Electrocatalysts [24].
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