Low Pt loading amorphous alloys applied as anodes and the effect of different proton exchange membranes for PEMFCS

N. Ruiz; A. R. Pierna; J. Barroso; M. Sanchez

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.10.016

Low Pt loading amorphous alloys applied as anodes and the effect of different proton exchange membranes for PEMFCS

N. Ruiz^*
, A. R. Pierna
, J. Barroso
, M. Sanchez

^*Corresponding author for this work

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In this work low-loaded platinum bi-metallic amorphous alloys based on Ni₅₉Nb₄₀Pt_0.6X_0.4 (X = Ru, Sn) were studied as electro-catalytic anodes in PEMFCs. The electro-catalysts were produced by Mechanical Alloying (MA) using a planetary ball-mill during 40 h and used as anodes onto Nafion^® (DuPont) perfluorinated membranes (Nafion^® 117, Nafion^® 115 and Nafion ^® XL). In addition, two active areas of fuel cells were used namely 9 and 25 cm². These electro-catalysts were characterized by both physical and chemical techniques, such as Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), X-ray Diffraction (XRD) and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX). Concerning the performance towards the Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction (HOR), the results showed that 25 cm² of active area of fuel cell with Ni ₅₉Nb₄₀Pt_0.6Ru_0.4 alloy and the Membrane Electrode Assembly (MEA) based on the Nafion^® 115 membrane exhibited the best catalytic activity (2083.59 A g^-1 Pt), while for the Ni₅₉Nb₄₀Pt_0.6Sn_0.4 catalyst the Nafion^® XL membrane was more suitable (1570.82 A g^-1 Pt).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16269-16275
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	38
Issue number	36
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.10.016
Publication status	Published - 13 Dec 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Amorphous alloys
Electro-catalysts
MEAs
Nafion
PEMFC

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Low Pt loading amorphous alloys applied as anodes and the effect of different proton exchange membranes for PEMFCS

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