Design of PGM-free cathodic catalyst layers for advanced PEM fuel cells
Abstract
Here, the design of cathodic catalysts layer (CCL) consisted of Platinum Group Metal-free (PGM-free) electrocatalysts was done by catalyst coated membrane approach. Three different Fe-Mn-N-C compounds were synthesized with Fe:Mn ratio of 1:1, 2:1 and 2:1 with modified heat treatment profile. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, pore and particle size distribution, zeta potential and transmission electron microscopy. Electrocatalysts were integrated into membrane electrode assembly and evaluated by electrochemical methods. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in combination with modeling were used for estimation of proton conductivity of CCL and its oxygen diffusivity. It was found that all CCLs possess extremely high proton conductivity, which was demonstrated for the first time for these types of PGM-free catalysts. The observed ORR mechanism was predominantly 4e- due to peroxide/radicals scavenging effect of Mn.
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- Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI (United States)
- IRD Fuel Cells, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- GRandalytics, Honolulu, HI (United States)
- Pajarito Powder LLC, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (Germany)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); Hawaiian Electric Company; USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1866686
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1864607
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; N00014-18-1-2127; N00014-19-1-2159; EE0008419
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Applied Catalysis. B, Environmental
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 312; Journal Issue: NA; Journal ID: ISSN 0926-3373
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; PEM fuel cell; PGM-free electrode; proton conductivity; electron conductivity; impedance; modeling
Citation Formats
Reshetenko, Tatyana, Odgaard, Madeleine, Randolf, Günter, Ohtaki, Kenta K., Bradley, John P., Zulevi, Barr, Lyu, Xiang, Cullen, David A., Jafta, Charl J., Serov, Alexey, and Kulikovsky, Andrei. Design of PGM-free cathodic catalyst layers for advanced PEM fuel cells. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121424.
Reshetenko, Tatyana, Odgaard, Madeleine, Randolf, Günter, Ohtaki, Kenta K., Bradley, John P., Zulevi, Barr, Lyu, Xiang, Cullen, David A., Jafta, Charl J., Serov, Alexey, & Kulikovsky, Andrei. Design of PGM-free cathodic catalyst layers for advanced PEM fuel cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121424
Reshetenko, Tatyana, Odgaard, Madeleine, Randolf, Günter, Ohtaki, Kenta K., Bradley, John P., Zulevi, Barr, Lyu, Xiang, Cullen, David A., Jafta, Charl J., Serov, Alexey, and Kulikovsky, Andrei. Wed .
"Design of PGM-free cathodic catalyst layers for advanced PEM fuel cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121424. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1866686.
@article{osti_1866686,
title = {Design of PGM-free cathodic catalyst layers for advanced PEM fuel cells},
author = {Reshetenko, Tatyana and Odgaard, Madeleine and Randolf, Günter and Ohtaki, Kenta K. and Bradley, John P. and Zulevi, Barr and Lyu, Xiang and Cullen, David A. and Jafta, Charl J. and Serov, Alexey and Kulikovsky, Andrei},
abstractNote = {Here, the design of cathodic catalysts layer (CCL) consisted of Platinum Group Metal-free (PGM-free) electrocatalysts was done by catalyst coated membrane approach. Three different Fe-Mn-N-C compounds were synthesized with Fe:Mn ratio of 1:1, 2:1 and 2:1 with modified heat treatment profile. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction, pore and particle size distribution, zeta potential and transmission electron microscopy. Electrocatalysts were integrated into membrane electrode assembly and evaluated by electrochemical methods. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in combination with modeling were used for estimation of proton conductivity of CCL and its oxygen diffusivity. It was found that all CCLs possess extremely high proton conductivity, which was demonstrated for the first time for these types of PGM-free catalysts. The observed ORR mechanism was predominantly 4e- due to peroxide/radicals scavenging effect of Mn.},
doi = {10.1016/j.apcatb.2022.121424},
journal = {Applied Catalysis. B, Environmental},
number = NA,
volume = 312,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2022},
month = {Wed Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2022}
}
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