Pt-based electrocatalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells prepared by supercritical deposition technique

2008-05-01
Bayrakceken, Ayse
Smirnova, Alevtina
Kitkamthorn, Usanee
Aindow, Mark
Turker, Lemi
Eroğlu, İnci
Erkey, Can
Pt-based electrocatalysts were prepared on different carbon supports which are multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), Vulcan XC 72R (VXR) and black pearl 2000 (BP2000) using a supercritical carbon dioxide (ScCO2) deposition technique. These catalysts were characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM) and cyclic voltammetry (CV). XRD and HRTEM results demonstrated that the ScCO2 deposition technique enables a high surface area metal phase to be deposited, with the size of the Pt particles ranging from 1 to 2 nm. The electrochemical surface areas (ESAs) of the prepared electrocatalysts were compared to the surface areas of commercial ETEK Pt/C (10 wt% Pt) and Tanaka Pt/C (46.5 wt% Pt) catalysts. The CV data indicate that the ESAs of the prepared Pt/VXR and Pt/MWCNT catalysts are about three times larger than that of the commercial ETEK catalyst for similar (10 wt% Pt) loadings. Oxygen reduction activity was investigated by hydrodynamic voltammetry. From the slope of Koutecky-Levich plots, the average number of electrons transferred in the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was 3.5, 3.6 and 3.7 for Pt/BP2000, Pt/VXR and Pt/MWCNT, correspondingly, which indicated almost complete reduction of oxygen to water. (C) 2008 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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Citation Formats
A. Bayrakceken et al., “Pt-based electrocatalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells prepared by supercritical deposition technique,” JOURNAL OF POWER SOURCES, pp. 532–540, 2008, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/56324.