1. High Oxygen Reduction Activity of Pt-Ni Alloy Catalyst for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells.
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Gu, Jun, Zhang, Guang-Meng, Yao, Rui, Yu, Tao, Han, Meng-Fei, and Huang, Run-Sheng
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CATALYSTS , *PROTON exchange membrane fuel cells , *OXYGEN reduction , *ALLOYS - Abstract
In order to fill the research gap of high metal loading of high performance PtNi alloy catalysts, a PtNi/C alloy nano-catalyst with metal loading more than 50 wt.% and core-shell like structure was prepared by ethylene glycol reduction, high temperature annealing, and acid pickling. The electrochemical test results showed that the prepared PtNi alloy catalyst had excellent electrochemical activity: the electrochemical surface area (ECSA) was 63.8 m2·gPt−1, and the mass activity (MA) was 0.574 A·mgPt−1, which is 2.73 times greater than those of the Pt/C JM (Johnson Matthey) catalyst. The durability of the PtNi/C catalyst was further investigated. After 30 K cycles of accelerated durability test, the ECSA and MA of the PtNi/C alloy catalyst decreased by 10.2% and 31.2%, respectively. The PtNi/C alloy catalyst prepared in this study has excellent catalytic activity and overcomes the problem of insufficient durability of traditional alloy catalysts and has the potential for large-scale commercial application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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