Designing Nanoplatelet Alloy/Nafion Catalytic Interface for Optimization of PEMFCs: Performance, Durability, and CO Resistance
Abstract
We have adapted the two phase Brust method to synthesize large quantities of AuPd alloy nanoparticles with diameter of 1.86 ± 0.40 nm. When the particles were spread at the air water interface of a Langmuir Blodgett (LB) trough, they exhibited a distinct pressure area isotherm curve. The X-ray reflectivity (XRR) shows the formation of an incompressible monolayer with uniform thickness of 1.16 ± 0.02 nm at low pressures which collapses to form a second layer with 2.13 nm thick at higher pressures. High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) imaging of the monolayer indicates that the particles are highly crystalline, with well-defined atomic planes and self-assembly into a hexagonal structure. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) analysis of the LB lift-off films only shows Au-Au and Au-Pd configurations, consistent with the formation of random alloy rather than core shell structure. When the particle monolayer was lifted onto the Nafion membrane of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), a maximum power output of 0.54 W/cm2 was obtained with a Pt loading of only 0.15 mg/cm2 and 0.05 mg/cm2 at the cathode and anode, respectively. This represents a 15% enhancement, which persists even after 30k cycles, relative to a membrane electrodemore »
- Authors:
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- State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- State Univ. of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1503508
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-211455-2019-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2155-5435
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0012704
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- ACS Catalysis
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2155-5435
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; CO oxidation; AuPd nanoplatelets; Alloy Nafion Interface; Langmuir-Blodgett method; PEMFCs
Citation Formats
Wang, Likun, Zhou, Yuchen, Timoshenko, Janis, Liu, Shizhong, Qiao, Qiao, Kisslinger, Kim, Cuiffo, Michael, Chuang, Ya -Chen, Zuo, Xianghao, Xue, Yuan, Guo, Yichen, Pan, Cheng, Li, Hongfei, Nam, Chang -Yong, Bliznakov, Stoyan, Liu, Ping, Frenkel, Anatoly I., Zhu, Yimei, and Rafailovich, Miriam H. Designing Nanoplatelet Alloy/Nafion Catalytic Interface for Optimization of PEMFCs: Performance, Durability, and CO Resistance. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1021/acscatal.8b03611.
Wang, Likun, Zhou, Yuchen, Timoshenko, Janis, Liu, Shizhong, Qiao, Qiao, Kisslinger, Kim, Cuiffo, Michael, Chuang, Ya -Chen, Zuo, Xianghao, Xue, Yuan, Guo, Yichen, Pan, Cheng, Li, Hongfei, Nam, Chang -Yong, Bliznakov, Stoyan, Liu, Ping, Frenkel, Anatoly I., Zhu, Yimei, & Rafailovich, Miriam H. Designing Nanoplatelet Alloy/Nafion Catalytic Interface for Optimization of PEMFCs: Performance, Durability, and CO Resistance. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b03611
Wang, Likun, Zhou, Yuchen, Timoshenko, Janis, Liu, Shizhong, Qiao, Qiao, Kisslinger, Kim, Cuiffo, Michael, Chuang, Ya -Chen, Zuo, Xianghao, Xue, Yuan, Guo, Yichen, Pan, Cheng, Li, Hongfei, Nam, Chang -Yong, Bliznakov, Stoyan, Liu, Ping, Frenkel, Anatoly I., Zhu, Yimei, and Rafailovich, Miriam H. Tue .
"Designing Nanoplatelet Alloy/Nafion Catalytic Interface for Optimization of PEMFCs: Performance, Durability, and CO Resistance". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b03611. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1503508.
@article{osti_1503508,
title = {Designing Nanoplatelet Alloy/Nafion Catalytic Interface for Optimization of PEMFCs: Performance, Durability, and CO Resistance},
author = {Wang, Likun and Zhou, Yuchen and Timoshenko, Janis and Liu, Shizhong and Qiao, Qiao and Kisslinger, Kim and Cuiffo, Michael and Chuang, Ya -Chen and Zuo, Xianghao and Xue, Yuan and Guo, Yichen and Pan, Cheng and Li, Hongfei and Nam, Chang -Yong and Bliznakov, Stoyan and Liu, Ping and Frenkel, Anatoly I. and Zhu, Yimei and Rafailovich, Miriam H.},
abstractNote = {We have adapted the two phase Brust method to synthesize large quantities of AuPd alloy nanoparticles with diameter of 1.86 ± 0.40 nm. When the particles were spread at the air water interface of a Langmuir Blodgett (LB) trough, they exhibited a distinct pressure area isotherm curve. The X-ray reflectivity (XRR) shows the formation of an incompressible monolayer with uniform thickness of 1.16 ± 0.02 nm at low pressures which collapses to form a second layer with 2.13 nm thick at higher pressures. High resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) imaging of the monolayer indicates that the particles are highly crystalline, with well-defined atomic planes and self-assembly into a hexagonal structure. Extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) analysis of the LB lift-off films only shows Au-Au and Au-Pd configurations, consistent with the formation of random alloy rather than core shell structure. When the particle monolayer was lifted onto the Nafion membrane of a proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC), a maximum power output of 0.54 W/cm2 was obtained with a Pt loading of only 0.15 mg/cm2 and 0.05 mg/cm2 at the cathode and anode, respectively. This represents a 15% enhancement, which persists even after 30k cycles, relative to a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) using a non-coated membrane. Density function theory (DFT) modeling of the hexagonally packed platelet nanoparticle alloy structure deposited on Nafion predicted that the SO3 functionality serves a similar function to metal oxide supports in reducing the activation barrier for the CO oxidation reaction. This was confirmed by measuring the power output of a PEMFC when 0.1% CO was mixed either into the input H2 stream at the anode or with O2 at the cathode. In the uncoated MEAs, a significant decrease of 72% and 61% was measured when CO was introduced at the anode and cathode, respectively, while MEAs with coated particle membranes only experienced a decrease of 21% and 17%, respectively. These results indicate that a synergy can be established between the nanoparticle platelets and the surface of the Nafion membrane which can produce CO resistant PEMFC that could operate at ambient temperatures on impure, but abundant hydrogen gas such as those produced by reformate or electrolysis processes. Furthermore the availability of inexpensive H2 opens opportunities for gas distribution and greatly facilitates the commercialization of PEMFCs, which will conform to the ambitious goals set by the Department of Energy (DOE) for 2020.},
doi = {10.1021/acscatal.8b03611},
journal = {ACS Catalysis},
number = 2,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Tue Jan 08 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}
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