Preparation of a high performance Pt-Co/C electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction in PEM fuel cell via a combined process of impregnation and seeding

Wiruyn Trongchuankij, Kejvalee Pruksathorn and Mali Hunsom

Applied Energy, 2011, vol. 88, issue 3, 974-980

Abstract: The preparation of a Pt-Co/C electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction in PEM fuel cells was achieved via a combined process of impregnation and seeding. The effects of initial pH of the precursor solution and Pt loading were all found to have a significant effect on both the electrocatalyst morphology and the cell performance when tested in a single PEM fuel cell. The optimum condition found for preparing the Pt-Co/C electrocatalyst was from an initial precursor solution pH of 2 at the metal loading of 23.6-30.3% (w/w). The Pt-Co/C electrocatalysts, formed under these optimal conditions, tested in a single PEM fuel cell with the carbon sub-layer, gave a cell performance of 772Â mA/cm2 or 460Â mW/cm2 at 0.6Â V in a H2/O2 system. An electron pathway of oxygen reduction on the prepared Pt-Co/C electrocatalyst was also determined using a rotating disk electrode.

Keywords: Pt-Co/C; electrocatalyst; PEM; fuel; cell; 4-electron; pathway; Cell; performance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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