Platinum catalysts supported on ordered mesoporous carbons (OMC) are described. The mesoporous carbon support, CMK3 type, was synthesised as an inverse replica of a SBA-15 silica template. The platinum catalysts (i.e. Pt 20 wt% and Pt 10 wt%, respectively), obtained through a conventional wet impregnation method, have been investigated to determine their structural characteristics and electrochemical behaviour. The electro-catalytic performance towards the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was compared to those of commercial Pt/C-Vulcan XTC72R (ETek) catalysts with the same Pt wt%, under the same experimental conditions. The two catalyst samples have allowed the effect of the variation of both the Pt to Nafion and Pt to the supporting carbon ratios to be studied. Electrochemical tests have been carried out in three different systems: a catalyst ink deposited on a glassy carbon rotating disk electrode (RDE), a gas diffusion electrode (GDE) in a three-electrode cell with H2SO4 as the electrolyte and a complete PEM single fuel cell. The first results indicate that theOMCperforms slightly less well than commercial carbon supports, mainly in the complete fuel cell system. The data from the cell tests indicate a less effective distribution of Nafion on the OMC surface which, probably, decreases the platinum utilisation and the proton conductivity.

Mesoporous carbons as low temperature fuel cell Platinum catalyst supports / Ambrosio, Elisa Paola; Francia, Carlotta; Gerbaldi, Claudio; Penazzi, Nerino; Spinelli, Paolo; Manzoli, M; Ghiotti, G.. - In: JOURNAL OF APPLIED ELECTROCHEMISTRY. - ISSN 0021-891X. - 38:(2008), pp. 1019-1027. [10.1007/s10800-008-9528-0]

Mesoporous carbons as low temperature fuel cell Platinum catalyst supports

AMBROSIO, Elisa Paola;FRANCIA, Carlotta;GERBALDI, CLAUDIO;PENAZZI, NERINO;SPINELLI, Paolo;
2008

Abstract

Platinum catalysts supported on ordered mesoporous carbons (OMC) are described. The mesoporous carbon support, CMK3 type, was synthesised as an inverse replica of a SBA-15 silica template. The platinum catalysts (i.e. Pt 20 wt% and Pt 10 wt%, respectively), obtained through a conventional wet impregnation method, have been investigated to determine their structural characteristics and electrochemical behaviour. The electro-catalytic performance towards the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was compared to those of commercial Pt/C-Vulcan XTC72R (ETek) catalysts with the same Pt wt%, under the same experimental conditions. The two catalyst samples have allowed the effect of the variation of both the Pt to Nafion and Pt to the supporting carbon ratios to be studied. Electrochemical tests have been carried out in three different systems: a catalyst ink deposited on a glassy carbon rotating disk electrode (RDE), a gas diffusion electrode (GDE) in a three-electrode cell with H2SO4 as the electrolyte and a complete PEM single fuel cell. The first results indicate that theOMCperforms slightly less well than commercial carbon supports, mainly in the complete fuel cell system. The data from the cell tests indicate a less effective distribution of Nafion on the OMC surface which, probably, decreases the platinum utilisation and the proton conductivity.
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