Comparative techno-economic and life-cycle analysis of precious versus non-precious metal electrocatalysts: the case of PEM fuel cell cathodes

Pedersen, Angus; Pandya, Jinil; Leonzio, Grazia; Serov, Alexey; Bernardi, Andrea; Stephens, Ifan E. L.; Titirici, Maria-Magdalena; Petit, Camille; Chachuat, Benoît

doi:10.1039/D3GC03206J

Title: Comparative techno-economic and life-cycle analysis of precious versus non-precious metal electrocatalysts: the case of PEM fuel cell cathodes

Journal Article · 10 December 2023 · Green Chemistry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3GC03206J · OSTI ID:2217364

^[1]; Pandya, Jinil ^[2]; Leonzio, Grazia ^[3]; Serov, Alexey ^[4]; Bernardi, Andrea ^[5];

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Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK, Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK, Department of Mechanical, Chemical and Materials Engineering, University of Cagliari, via Marengo 2, 09123 Cagliari, Italy
Electrification and Energy Infrastructures Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, USA
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK, The Sargent Centre for Process Systems Engineering, Imperial College London, SW7 2AZ, London, UK
Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK, Advanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, 2-1-1 Katahira, Aobaku, Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8577, Japan

Fe–N–C catalyst production outperforms Pt/C from an enviro-economic viewpoint, but further Fe–N–C activity development is required before deployment in PEMFCs.

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OSTI ID:: 2217364

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Journal Information:: Green Chemistry, Journal Name: Green Chemistry Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 25; ISSN GRCHFJ; ISSN 1463-9262

Publisher:: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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