Characterization of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotube-Supported Pt Catalyst Prepared by Metal Nanocolloidal Solution for a Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Catalyst

Catalyst supports for polymer electrolyte fuel cells.

A major challenge in obtaining long-term durability in fuel cells is to discover catalyst supports that do not corrode, or corrode much more slowly than the current carbon blacks used in today's polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Such materials must be sufficiently stable at low pH (acidic conditions) and high potential, in contact with the polymer membrane and under exposure to hydrogen ...

Activity, stability and degradation of multi walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) supported Pt fuel cell electrocatalysts.

Understanding and improving durability of fuel cell catalysts are currently one of the major goals in fuel cell research. Here, we present a comparative stability study of multi walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) and conventional carbon supported platinum nanoparticle electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). The aim of this study was to obtain insight into the mechanisms controllin...

XRD AND XAFS STUDIES OF CARBON SUPPORTED Pt-Ru ELECTROCATALYST IN A POLYMER-ELECTROLYTE-FUEL-CELL

Structures of carbon supported Pt-Ru catalyst in a polymer-electrolyte-fuel-cell (PEFC) were analyzed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAFS). XRD analysis identified a face-centered-cubic (fcc) alloy structure for Pt-Ru. XAFS analysis revealed that Pt and Ru atoms were, however, not randomly distributed in the Pt-Ru fcc lattice. A Pt atom was more likely surrounded ...

Carbon nanotube film by filtration as cathode catalyst support for proton-exchange membrane fuel cell.

A simple filtration method is developed to prepare a partially oriented superhydrophobic film of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) that have been catalyzed with uniform small Pt nanoparticles (2.8 nm) at high metal loading (30 wt %). A proton-exchange membrane fuel cell with the oriented CNT film as the cathode achieves higher single-cell performance than those with carbon black and a disordered CNT-film...

Aligned Growth of Single-Walled and Double- Walled Carbon Nanotube Films by Control of Catalyst Preparation