Beyond 1.0 W cm −2 Performance without Platinum: The Beginning of a New Era in Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells
Abstract
This work reports a high power, stable, completely Pt-free anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) comprised of highly active catalysts – Pd-CeO2/C at the anode and PdCu/C alloy at the cathode for the hydrogen oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions, respectively. The resulting AEMFC shows outstanding performance, reaching a peak power density of 1 W cm-2, twice the value of the best performance for Pt-free cells reported in the literature to date. The AEMFC also shows a low voltage degradation rate when operated continuously for more than 100 h at a constant 0.5 A cm-2, with a voltage degradation rate of only 2.5 mV h-1, which is excellent when compared to nearly all of the AEMFCs reported in the literature to date. This combination of high performance and high stability in the absence of Pt-based catalysts represents a significant landmark in the progress of the AEMFC technology.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1468670
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1545779
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0010531
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the Electrochemical Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Volume: 165 Journal Issue: 15; Journal ID: ISSN 0013-4651
- Publisher:
- The Electrochemical Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 25 ENERGY STORAGE; Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells; Electrodes; Pt-free
Citation Formats
Omasta, Travis J., Peng, Xiong, Miller, Hamish A., Vizza, Francesco, Wang, Lianqin, Varcoe, John R., Dekel, Dario R., and Mustain, William E. Beyond 1.0 W cm −2 Performance without Platinum: The Beginning of a New Era in Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1149/2.0071815jes.
Omasta, Travis J., Peng, Xiong, Miller, Hamish A., Vizza, Francesco, Wang, Lianqin, Varcoe, John R., Dekel, Dario R., & Mustain, William E. Beyond 1.0 W cm −2 Performance without Platinum: The Beginning of a New Era in Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0071815jes
Omasta, Travis J., Peng, Xiong, Miller, Hamish A., Vizza, Francesco, Wang, Lianqin, Varcoe, John R., Dekel, Dario R., and Mustain, William E. Wed .
"Beyond 1.0 W cm −2 Performance without Platinum: The Beginning of a New Era in Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0071815jes.
@article{osti_1468670,
title = {Beyond 1.0 W cm −2 Performance without Platinum: The Beginning of a New Era in Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells},
author = {Omasta, Travis J. and Peng, Xiong and Miller, Hamish A. and Vizza, Francesco and Wang, Lianqin and Varcoe, John R. and Dekel, Dario R. and Mustain, William E.},
abstractNote = {This work reports a high power, stable, completely Pt-free anion exchange membrane fuel cell (AEMFC) comprised of highly active catalysts – Pd-CeO2/C at the anode and PdCu/C alloy at the cathode for the hydrogen oxidation and oxygen reduction reactions, respectively. The resulting AEMFC shows outstanding performance, reaching a peak power density of 1 W cm-2, twice the value of the best performance for Pt-free cells reported in the literature to date. The AEMFC also shows a low voltage degradation rate when operated continuously for more than 100 h at a constant 0.5 A cm-2, with a voltage degradation rate of only 2.5 mV h-1, which is excellent when compared to nearly all of the AEMFCs reported in the literature to date. This combination of high performance and high stability in the absence of Pt-based catalysts represents a significant landmark in the progress of the AEMFC technology.},
doi = {10.1149/2.0071815jes},
journal = {Journal of the Electrochemical Society},
number = 15,
volume = 165,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Wed Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
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https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0071815jes
Web of Science
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