Engineered Nano-Scale Ceramic Supports for PEM Fuel Cells

Alternative supports for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells were synthesized and catalytic activity was explored using electrochemical analysis. High surface area, molybdenum nitride supports were synthesized by rapidly heating a gel of polyethyleneimine bound molybdenum in a tube furnace under...

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Main Authors: Blackmore, Karen J., Bauer, Eve, Elbaz, Lior, Brosha, Eric L., McCleskey, Thomas M., Burrell, Anthony K.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
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Summary:Alternative supports for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells were synthesized and catalytic activity was explored using electrochemical analysis. High surface area, molybdenum nitride supports were synthesized by rapidly heating a gel of polyethyleneimine bound molybdenum in a tube furnace under a forming gas atmosphere. Subsequent disposition of platinum through an incipient wetness approach lead to dispersed crystallites of platinum on the conductive support. The supports without platinum are highly stable to acidic aqueous conditions and show no signs of oxygen reduction reactivity (ORR). However, once the 20 wt% platinum is added to the material, ORR activity comparable to XC72 based materials is observed.
ISSN:1938-5862
1938-6737
DOI:10.1149/1.3562462