Self-humidifying Pt-C/Pt-TiO₂ dual-catalyst electrode membrane assembly for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells
- Authors
- Yang, Heena; Lee, Wi Hyoung; Choi, Beomseok; Ko, Youngdon; Yi, Sung; Kim, Whajung
- Issue Date
- Feb-2017
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- Dual-catalyst electrode; Anode; Water production; Retention; Zero humidity; Visual cell
- Citation
- ENERGY, v.120, pp.12 - 19
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- Journal Title
- ENERGY
- Volume
- 120
- Start Page
- 12
- End Page
- 19
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/hanyang/handle/2021.sw.hanyang/152944
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.energy.2016.12.054
- ISSN
- 0360-5442
- Abstract
- A high-performance Pt-C/Pt-TiO2 dual-catalyst electrode was prepared and found to exhibit excellent water production and retention in self-humidifying proton-exchange membrane fuel cells. Different weight fractions of xPt-C/(1 x)Pt-TiO2 dual-catalyst layer were applied to both anode and cathode with fixed total Pt loadings of 0.2 mg/cm(2) and 0.3 mg/cm(2). The dependence of cell performance on the Pt-TiO2 content in dual-catalyst electrode was highly affected by the relative humidity (RH): When the RH was lower than 60%, the cell performance was significantly affected by the Pt-TiO2 content. The ability to produce and retain water of the Pt-TiO2 catalyst layer on the anode side was very important for the zero-RH cell performance. A visual cell experiment clearly revealed that water production at the anode was highly dependent on the Pt-TiO2 content in the Pt-C/Pt-TiO2 dual layer on the anode side. A half dual layer experiment involving the Pt-TiO2 on the cathode side alone strongly suggested that zero-RH operation is impracticable. The Pt-TiO2 in the dual layer at the anode produces water consuming the H-2 and O-2 crossing the membrane from the cathode, resulting in excellent cell performance under zero RH. The Pt-C/Pt-TiO2 ratio must be optimized in terms of the water-production and retention ability.
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