Designing Nanomaterials for Fuel Cells Electrocatalysts
EMSL Project ID
40067
Abstract
Fuel cells are very important in addressing the issues with environment and global climate change. The main challenges for developing fuel cells are the prohibitive production cost and poor durability and reliability. The catalysts play a key role in reducing the cost and increasing the durability and reliability. The primary objective of this project is to develop high-performance and low-cost electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cells, and understand the mechanisms of fuel cell reactions in molecular level (e.g., oxygen reduction, formic acid oxidation). We will develop metal alloy electrocatalysts and durable (carbon and carbon-free) catalyst supports.
Project Details
Project type
Large-Scale EMSL Research
Start Date
2010-10-01
End Date
2011-09-30
Status
Closed
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Team
Principal Investigator
Team Members
Related Publications
Park SK, Y Shao, H Wan, PC Rieke, VV Viswanathan, SA Towne, LV Saraf, J Liu, Y Lin, and Y Wang. 2011. "Design of graphene sheets-supported Pt catalyst layer in PEM fuel cells." Electrochemistry Communications 13(3):258-261. doi:10.1016/j.elecom.2010.12.028
Park SK, Y Shao, R Kou, VV Viswanathan, SA Towne, PC Rieke, J Liu, Y Lin, and Y Wang. 2011. "Polarization Losses under Accelerated Stress Test Using Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Supported Pt Catalyst in PEM Fuel Cells." Journal of the Electrochemical Society 158(3):B297-302. doi:10.1149/1.3530843
Zhang S, Y Shao, H Liao, J Liu, IA Aksay, G Yin, and Y Lin. 2011. "Graphene decorated with PtAu alloy nanoparticles: facile synthesis and promising application for formic acid oxidation." Chemistry of Materials 23(5):1079-1081.