TY - JOUR
T1 - On the influence of the Pt to carbon ratio on the degradation of high surface area carbon supported PEM fuel cell electrocatalysts
AU - Spéder, József
AU - Zana, Alessandro
AU - Spanos, Ioannis
AU - Kirkensgaard, Jacob Judas Kain
AU - Mortensen, Kell
AU - Arenz, Matthias
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - In the presented work we investigate the influence of the Pt to carbon ratio on the degradation behavior of Pt based proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) catalysts. In order to enable a systematic investigation, we utilized a recently developed colloidal synthesis approach for preparing catalysts with identical Pt nanoparticles (NPs), but varying Pt loadings. Two different commercially available, standard carbon supports were used, Vulcan XC72 and Ketjenblack EC-300. We evaluated the influence of the platinum loading on the electrochemical surface area (ECSA) loss by applying accelerated stress tests simulating a load-cycle in a PEMFC and start-up/shutdown conditions. Simulating load cycles, no clear influence of the Pt loading on the ECSA loss is observed, whereas the ECSA loss significantly increases with increasing Pt loading when simulating start-up/shutdown conditions.
AB - In the presented work we investigate the influence of the Pt to carbon ratio on the degradation behavior of Pt based proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) catalysts. In order to enable a systematic investigation, we utilized a recently developed colloidal synthesis approach for preparing catalysts with identical Pt nanoparticles (NPs), but varying Pt loadings. Two different commercially available, standard carbon supports were used, Vulcan XC72 and Ketjenblack EC-300. We evaluated the influence of the platinum loading on the electrochemical surface area (ECSA) loss by applying accelerated stress tests simulating a load-cycle in a PEMFC and start-up/shutdown conditions. Simulating load cycles, no clear influence of the Pt loading on the ECSA loss is observed, whereas the ECSA loss significantly increases with increasing Pt loading when simulating start-up/shutdown conditions.
U2 - 10.1016/j.elecom.2013.06.001
DO - 10.1016/j.elecom.2013.06.001
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1388-2481
VL - 34
SP - 153
EP - 156
JO - Electrochemistry Communications
JF - Electrochemistry Communications
ER -