Preparation of PEMFC Electrodes from Milligram-Amounts of Catalyst Powder

Yarlagadda, Venkata; McKinney, Samuel E.; Keary, Cristin L.; Thompson, Levi; Zulevi, Barr; Kongkanand, Anusorn

doi:10.1149/2.1461707jes

Title: Preparation of PEMFC Electrodes from Milligram-Amounts of Catalyst Powder

Journal Article · Sat Jun 03 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/2.1461707jes· OSTI ID:1425402

Yarlagadda, Venkata ^[1]; McKinney, Samuel E. ^[2]; Keary, Cristin L. ^[3]; Thompson, Levi ^[4]; Zulevi, Barr ^[2]; Kongkanand, Anusorn ^[3]

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); General Motors Global Propulsion Systems, Pontiac, MI (United States)
Pajarito Powder, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (United States)
General Motors Global Propulsion Systems, Pontiac, MI (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Development of electrocatalysts with higher activity and stability is one of the highest priorities in enabling cost-competitive hydrogen-air fuel cells. Although the rotating disk electrode (RDE) technique is widely used to study new catalyst materials, it has been often shown to be an unreliable predictor of catalyst performance in actual fuel cell operation. Fabrication of membrane electrode assemblies (MEA) for evaluation which are more representative of actual fuel cells generally requires relatively large amounts (>1 g) of catalyst material which are often not readily available in early stages of development. In this study, we present two MEA preparation techniques using as little as 30 mg of catalyst material, providing methods to conduct more meaningful MEA-based tests using research-level catalysts amounts.

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Research Organization:: General Motors, Inc., Pontiac, MI (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0007271

OSTI ID:: 1425402

Journal Information:: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 164, Issue 7; ISSN 0013-4651

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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