Improving stability of chloralkaline high-temperature PBI-PEMFCs

This work focuses on the production of electricity using chloralkaline high temperature PEM fuel cells (HT-PEMFC) comparing, within the range 120–180 °C, the performance of a cell equipped with a cathode containing a novel Ru/Pt catalyst manufactured at mild temperature conditions with another cell...

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Autores: Carvela Soler, Mireya, Lobato Bajo, Justo, Rodrigo Rodrigo, Manuel Andrés
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha
Repositorio:RUIdeRA. Repositorio Institucional de la UCLM
OAI Identifier:oai:ruidera.uclm.es:10578/30063
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10578/30063
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:PBI
High temperature PEM fuel cells
Ruthenium catalyst
Chloralkaline fuel cells
Pilas de combustible PEM de alta temperatura
Catalizador de rutenio
Pilas de combustible cloroalcalinas
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Sumario:This work focuses on the production of electricity using chloralkaline high temperature PEM fuel cells (HT-PEMFC) comparing, within the range 120–180 °C, the performance of a cell equipped with a cathode containing a novel Ru/Pt catalyst manufactured at mild temperature conditions with another cell which contains a conventional Ru based catalyst (Ru0.75Pt0.25O2). Performance of the cell equipped with the conventional electrode at 120 °C is much better, but this situation reverses at higher operation temperatures, where the novel catalyst outperforms the conventional Ru0.75Pt0.25O2 in terms of production of electricity. In addition, the new catalyst allows to operate even at 180 °C, temperature at which the cell equipped with the conventional electrode is completely deteriorated. Results pointed out that materials are the bottleneck for the chloralkaline HT-PEMFC technology but opens the window for the search of new materials that help to improve their future development.