1. Tin dioxide coated carbon materials as an alternative catalyst support for PEMFCs: Impacts of the intrinsic carbon properties and the synthesis parameters on the coating characteristics
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Katia Guérin, Rudolf Metkemeijer, Yasser Ahmad, Elodie Disa, Frédéric Maillard, Fabien Labbé, Sandrine Berthon-Fabry, Tristan Asset, Marian Chatenet, Centre Procédés, Énergies Renouvelables, Systèmes Énergétiques (PERSEE), MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand (ICCF), SIGMA Clermont (SIGMA Clermont)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Laboratoire d'Electrochimie et de Physico-chimie des Matériaux et des Interfaces (LEPMI ), Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019]), Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre Procédés, Énergies Renouvelables, Systèmes Énergétiques ( PERSEE ), MINES ParisTech - École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris-PSL Research University ( PSL ), Institut de Chimie de Clermont-Ferrand - Clermont Auvergne ( ICCF ), Sigma CLERMONT ( Sigma CLERMONT ) -Université Clermont Auvergne ( UCA ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Laboratoire d'Electrochimie et de Physico-chimie des Matériaux et des Interfaces ( LEPMI ), and Université Joseph Fourier - Grenoble 1 ( UJF ) -Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble ( INPG ) -Université Savoie Mont Blanc ( USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry] ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS )
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Materials science ,Catalyst support ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,Carbon nanotube ,engineering.material ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Nanomaterials ,law.invention ,Coating ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,[SPI.ENERG]Engineering Sciences [physics]/domain_spi.energ ,law ,General Materials Science ,Point of zero charge ,[ SPI.ENERG ] Engineering Sciences [physics]/domain_spi.energ ,Tin dioxide ,Aerogel ,General Chemistry ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,Carbon ,0104 chemical sciences ,chemistry ,Chemical engineering ,13. Climate action ,Mechanics of Materials ,engineering ,Physicochemical characterizations ,0210 nano-technology - Abstract
International audience; Several carbon materials (one carbon nanotubes, two carbon blacks and one home-made carbon aerogel) were covered by thin tin dioxide (SnO2) nanoparticles coatings to improve their resistance against oxidation under the working conditions of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. A pretreatment for the nanotubes in acidic media was also performed to improve their dispersion in the reactive medium. The coating was done by a chemical route. Samples were analysed by Scanning Electronic Microscopy (SEM), nitrogen sorption, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, Fourier Transformed InfraRed (FTIR) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). Their electrical conductivities were also measured. Using a reactive medium with a pH value exceeding the point of zero charge of the carbon materials is mandatory to favour electrostatic attractions, and to obtain covering and homogeneous coatings. In this condition, it is possible to reduce the quantity of precursor and to optimise the coating. The intrinsic properties of the carbon materials also influence the characteristics of the coatings. In fact, the least organised carbon materials with high specific surface area and porosity values exhibit homogeneous and covering coatings. On the contrary, organised carbon materials, with few oxygen-containing groups, lead to a smaller quantity and heterogeneous coatings (with some areas of carbon surface uncovered). The pretreatment performed on the nanotubes improves the characteristics of the coatings, even if using significant amounts of precursor remains necessary to obtain a covering and a homogeneous coating. The transformation mechanisms of the precursor into tin dioxide, depending on the pH, value are also discussed.
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- 2018
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