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Co-electrodeposited mesoporous PtM (M=Co, Ni, Cu) as an active catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell |
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| Author: | Sorsa, Olli1; Romar, Henrik2; Lassi, Ulla2; |
| Organizations: |
1Department of Chemistry, Aalto University School of Chemical Engineering, P.O. Box 16100, FI-00076, AALTO, Finland 2University of Oulu, Research Unit of Applied Chemistry, Talonpojankatu 2 B, FI-67100, KOKKOLA, Finland |
| Format: | article |
| Version: | accepted version |
| Access: | open |
| Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 1.6 MB) |
| Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe201703162295 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier,
2017
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| Publish Date: | 2017-03-16 |
| Description: |
AbstractMesoporous thin films of PtCo, PtNi and PtCu are prepared by a single-step potentiostatic electrodeposition on a carbon substrate. Films are characterized by SEM, XRD, XRF and BET, and their activity for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is studied in an acidic three-electrode cell. The results are compared with both a commercial nanoparticle Pt/C catalyst and a Pt catalyst prepared using the same method. Additionally, the ORR activity of PtCo is studied in a fuel cell. The onset potential of ORR is found to be higher for all the electrodeposited catalysts compared to commercial Pt/C. The ORR activity of mesoporous Pt is found to be linearly dependent on the amount of deposited platinum within a platinum loading range of 0.1−0.5 mg cm⁻². All the mesoporous catalysts exhibited higher mass activity towards ORR than commercial Pt/C. Of the studied catalysts, PtCo is found to have the highest durability. Similar results are obtained in fuel cell experiments as PtCo exhibits enhanced durability and activity towards ORR, peak powers being 60, 70 and 90 mW gPt⁻¹ for commercial Pt/C, mesoporous Pt and mesoporous PtCo, respectively. see all
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| Series: |
Electrochimica acta |
| ISSN: | 0013-4686 |
| ISSN-E: | 1873-3859 |
| ISSN-L: | 0013-4686 |
| Volume: | 230 |
| Pages: | 49 - 57 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.electacta.2017.01.158 |
| OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2017.01.158 |
| Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
| Field of Science: |
116 Chemical sciences |
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| Funding: |
The authors would like to thank the Academy of Finland (the DEMEC, SUPER and CloseLoop projects) and Freeport Cobalt for funding this work. |
| Copyright information: |
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd. Accepted version released with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License. |
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |