Surface Adsorption Affects the Performance of Alkaline Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Maurya, Sandip; Dumont, Joseph H.; Villarrubia, Claudia Narvaez; Matanovic, Ivana; Li, Dongguo; Kim, Yu Seung; Noh, Sangtaik; Han, Junyoung; Bae, Chulsung; Miller, Hamish A.; Fujimoto, Cy H.; Dekel, Dario R.

doi:10.1021/acscatal.8b03227

Title: Surface Adsorption Affects the Performance of Alkaline Anion-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Journal Article · 31 August 2018 · ACS Catalysis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b03227 · OSTI ID:1475341

^[1]; Dumont, Joseph H. ^[1]; Villarrubia, Claudia Narvaez ^[1];

^[2]; Li, Dongguo ^[1];

^[1]; Noh, Sangtaik ^[3]; Han, Junyoung ^[3];

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^[4]; Fujimoto, Cy H. ^[5];

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Center for Micro-Engineered Materials (CMEM); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States). Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Inst. of Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (CNR-ICCOM), Florence (Italy)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Materials Science and Engineering Center
Technion−Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa (Israel). The Wolfson Dept. of Chemical Engineering

Material interactions at the polymer electrolytes–catalyst interface play a significant role in the catalytic efficiency of alkaline anion-exchange membrane fuel cells (AEMFCs). The surface adsorption behaviors of the cation–hydroxide–water and phenyl groups of polymer electrolytes on Pd- and Pt-based catalysts are investigated using two Pd-based hydrogen oxidation catalysts—Pd/C and Pd/C-CeO₂—and two Pt-based catalysts—Pt/C and Pt-Ru/C. The rotating disk electrode study and complementary density functional theory calculations indicate that relatively low coadsorption of cation–hydroxide–water of the Pd-based catalysts enhances the hydrogen oxidation activity, yet substantial hydrogenation of the surface adsorbed phenyl groups reduces the hydrogen oxidation activity. The adsorption-driven interfacial behaviors of the Pd- and Pt-based catalysts correlate well with the AEMFC performance and short-term stability. Finally, this study gives insight into the potential use of non-Pt hydrogen oxidation reaction catalysts that have different surface adsorption characteristics in advanced AEMFCs.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Fuel Cell Technologies Office (EE-3F); USDOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E); USDOE Office of Science (SC); Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program (GTEP) (Israel); Ministry of Science, Technology and Space (Israel); Israel Science Foundation (ISF); Israel Innovation Authority; Ministry of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources (Israel); European Union (EU)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; AR0000769; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1475341

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-18-23616

Journal Information:: ACS Catalysis, Journal Name: ACS Catalysis Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 8; ISSN 2155-5435

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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