Pd−Ti and Pd−Co−Au Electrocatalysts as a Replacement for Platinum for Oxygen Reduction in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Fuel cells are appealing for a variety of energy needs, but the high materials and manufacturing costs have hampered their commercialization. The limited availability and the high cost of the currently used platinum catalysts, however, pose a serious problem in their practical application. We report...

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Autores: Fernandez, Jose Luis, Raghuveer, Vadari, Manthiram, Arumugam, Bard, Allen J.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/102564
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/102564
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pd-Ti and Pd-Co-Au Electrocatalysts
Proton Exchange
Membrane Fuel Cells
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Sumario:Fuel cells are appealing for a variety of energy needs, but the high materials and manufacturing costs have hampered their commercialization. The limited availability and the high cost of the currently used platinum catalysts, however, pose a serious problem in their practical application. We report here non-platinum electrocatalyst systems, such as Pd-Co-Au and Pd-Ti, that are proposed from simple thermodynamic guidelines and selecting by a rapid screening technique, which show electrochemical performance in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) similar to that found with commercial platinum catalysts. This finding opens up a new avenue to develop potentially less expensive electrocatalysts.