Durability of Pt-Alloy Catalyst for Heavy-Duty Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Applications under Realistic Conditions

Chen, Celine H.; Coats, Matthew; Chabot, Florian; Morimoto, Yu; Atanassov, Plamen; Tamura, Nobumichi; Braaten, Jonathan; Stühmeier, Björn M.; Johnston, Christina; Pylypenko, Svitlana; Cheng, Lei; Zenyuk, Iryna V.

doi:10.1002/celc.202400643

Title: Durability of Pt-Alloy Catalyst for Heavy-Duty Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Applications under Realistic Conditions

Journal Article · Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 EDT 2025 · ChemElectroChem

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202400643 · OSTI ID:2553924

Chen, Celine H. ^[1]; Coats, Matthew ^[2]; Chabot, Florian ^[3]; Morimoto, Yu ^[1]; Atanassov, Plamen ^[1]; Tamura, Nobumichi ^[4]; Braaten, Jonathan ^[5]; Stühmeier, Björn M. ^[5]; Johnston, Christina ^[5]; Pylypenko, Svitlana ^[2]; Cheng, Lei ^[5];

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Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States)
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO (United States)
Univ. of California, Irvine, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
Bosch Research and Technology Center North America, Sunnyvale, CA (United States)

As an emerging technology, polymer electrolyte fuel cells (PEFCs) powered by clean hydrogen can be a great source of renewable power generation with flexible utilization because of high gravimetric energy density of hydrogen. To be used in real-life applications, PEFCs need to maintain their performance for long-term use under a wide range of conditions. Therefore, it's important to understand the degradation of the PEFC under protocols that are closely related to the catalyst lifetime. Alloying Pt with transitional metal improves catalyst activity. It is also crucial to understand Pt alloys degradation mechanisms to improve their durability. To study durability of Pt alloys, accelerated stress tests (ASTs) are performed on Pt-Co catalyst supported on two types of carbon. Two different AST protocols were being studied: Membrane Electrolyte Assembly (MEA) AST based on the protocol introduced by the Million Mile Fuel Cell Truck consortium in 2023 and Catalyst AST, adopted from the U.S. Department of Energy (DoE).

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2553924

Journal Information:: ChemElectroChem, Journal Name: ChemElectroChem Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 12; ISSN 2196-0216

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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