화학공학소재연구정보센터
홈 로그인 로그아웃 연락처 사이트맵
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol.42, 81-86, October, 2016
DOI10.1016/j.jiec.2016.07.039  Export Citation
Electrochemical study of highly durable cathode with Pt supported on ITO-CNT composite for proton exchange membrane fuel cells
Sehkyu Park1, 2, †, Yuyan Shao1, 3, Vilayanur V. Viswanathan1, 3, Jun Liu1, 3, and Yong Wang1, 4, †
  • 1Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland 99352, USA
  • 2Department of Chemical Engineering, Kwangwoon University, Seoul 01897, Republic of Korea
  • 3, USA
  • 4The Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman 99164, USA
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In this paper, we describe a highly stable cathode containing a Pt catalyst supported on an indium tin oxide (ITO) and carbon nanotube (CNT) composite. The dependence of cathode performance and durability on the ITO content and the diameter of the CNTs were investigated by electrochemical techniques. The cathode with 30 wt% ITO and CNTs with diameters 10-20 nm in the composite offered preferred locations for Pt stabilization and was very resistant to carbon corrosion (i.e., 82.7% ESA retention and 105.7% mass activity retention after an accelerated stress test for 400 h).
Keywords:Proton exchange membrane fuel cells;Cathode;Catalyst support;Pt;Indium tin oxide;Carbon nanotube
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