High-Platinum-Content Catalysts on Atomically Dispersed and Nitrogen Coordinated Single Manganese Site Carbons for Heavy-Duty Fuel Cells

Chen, Mengjie; Li, Chenzhao; Zhang, Bingzhang; Zeng, Yachao; Karakalos, Stavros; Hwang, Sooyeon; Xie, Jian; Wu, Gang

doi:10.1149/1945-7111/ac58c7

Title: High-Platinum-Content Catalysts on Atomically Dispersed and Nitrogen Coordinated Single Manganese Site Carbons for Heavy-Duty Fuel Cells

Journal Article · Wed Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 2022 · Journal of the Electrochemical Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac58c7· OSTI ID:1847166

Chen, Mengjie ^[1]; Li, Chenzhao ^[2]; Zhang, Bingzhang ^[1]; Zeng, Yachao ^[1];

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Univ. at Buffalo, The State Univ. of New York, NY (United States)
Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ., Indianapolis, IN (United States); Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States)
Univ. of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Indiana Univ.-Purdue Univ., Indianapolis, IN (United States)

Fuel cells for heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) have attracted considerable attention because of their unique scalability, better fuel economy, the less demand for hydrogen refilling infrastructure. However, the potential application requires more stringent fuel cell durability up to 25,000 h. Membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) made from platinum group metal (PGM) catalyst with relatively high loading 0.3 mgPt cm^–2 play a crucial role in ensuring high-power and long-term durability. Integrating fine PGM nanoparticles and robust carbon support with strengthened interactions is critical for improving MEA performance and durability. Herein, a unique atomically dispersed and nitrogen coordinated single Mn site-rich carbon (M–N–C) support was developed for high content (40 wt%) platinum catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) cathode with reduced thickness. Compared with two controls studied in this work (e.g., a porous graphitic carbon-supported Pt and a commercial TKK Pt/C catalysts), the Pt (40 wt%)/Mn–N–C catalyst exhibited much enhanced catalytic activity and stability for the ORR in both aqueous acidic electrolyte and polymer electrolyte-based MEA. Here, we carefully elucidated the—role of the Mn–N–C support in promoting Pt catalyst concerning its high surface area, partially graphitic structure, and nitrogen dopants, providing better Pt nanoparticle dispersion, and strengthened interactions between Pt and carbon. Consequently, the MEA from the Pt (40 wt%)/Mn–N–C catalyst generated a 1.61 A cm^–2 at 0.7 V based on HDV conditions (0.2 mgPt cm^–2 and 250 kPa air). More importantly, the MEA is highly durable and can retain 1.31 A cm^–2 at 0.7 V after 30,000 voltage cycles (~19% loss), surpassing the commercial Pt/C catalyst (loss of ~56%). Therefore, the Mn–N–C carbon-supported Pt catalyst holds a great promise to meet the challenging DOE target (1.07 A cm^–2 at 0.7 V after 150,000 cycles) for HDVs.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1847166

Report Number(s):: BNL-222813-2022-JAAM

Journal Information:: Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 169, Issue 3; ISSN 0013-4651

Publisher:: IOP PublishingCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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