TCP plasma sputtering of nanostructured fuel cell electrodes

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 1, 2008, Pages 872-873

  Rabat, Hervé ^a,b   Andreazza, Caroline ^a   Brault, Pascal ^a   Thomann, Anne Lise ^a   Cavarroc, Marjorie ^a,b   Tessier, Yves ^a   Caillard, Amaël ^c   Charles, Christine ^c   Boswell, Rod W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b MID CADD ^*  (France)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion in porous layer; Fuel cell electrodes; Plasma sputtering; Porous carbon layer

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; METALLIZING; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLATINUM; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC);

DIFFUSION IN POROUS LAYER; FUEL CELL ELECTRODES; NANO-COLUMNS; NANO-STRUCTURED; PLASMA SCIENCE; PLASMA SPUTTERING; POROUS CARBON LAYER; POROUS CARBONS; PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL ELECTRODES; TRANSFORMER-COUPLED PLASMA;

PLASMAS;

EID: 50249148242     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.917955     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. G. Hoogers, Fuel Cell Technology Handbook. London, U.K.: CRC Press, 2002.
2. S. J. Shin, J. K. Lee, H. Y. Ha, S. A. Hong, H. S. Chun, and I. H. Oh, "Effect of the catalytic ink preparation method on the performance of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells," J. Power Sources, vol. 106, no. 1/2, pp. 146-152, Apr. 2002.
3. J. Lobato,M. Rodrigo, J. Linares, and K. Scott, "Effect of the catalytic ink preparation method on the performance of high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells," J. Power Sources, vol. 157, no. 1, pp. 284-292, Jun. 2006.
4. P. Brault, A. Caillard, A.-L. Thomann, J. Mathias, C. Charles, R. W. Boswell, S. Escribano, J. Durand, and T. Sauvage, "Plasma sputtering deposition of platinum into porous fuel cell electrodes," J. Phys. D, Appl. Phys., vol. 37, no. 24, pp. 3419-3423, Dec. 2004.
5. C. H. Wan, M. T. Lin, Q. H. Zhuang, and C. H. Lin, "Preparation and performance of novel MEA with multi catalyst layer structure for PEFC by magnetron sputter deposition technique," Surf. Coat. Technol., vol. 201, no. 1/2, pp. 214-222, Sep. 2006.
6. S. Escribano, J. F. Blachot, J. Ethève, A. Morin, and R.Mosdale, "Characterization of PEMFCs gas diffusion layers properties," J. Power Sources, vol. 156, no. 1, pp. 8-13, May 2006.
7. S. Litster and G. McLean, "PEM fuel cell electrodes," J. Power Sources, vol. 130, no. 1/2, pp. 61-76, May 2004.
8. F. Yuan and H. Ryu, "The synthesis, characterization, and performance of carbon nanotubes and carbon nanofibres with controlled size and morphology as a catalyst support material for a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell," Nanotechnology, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. S596-S602, Oct. 2004.
9. Z. R. Ismagilov, M. A. Kerzhentsev, N. V. Shikina, A. S. Lisitsyn, L. B. Okhlopkova, C. N. Barnakov, M. Sakashita, T. Iijima, and K. Tadokoro, "Development of active catalysts for low Pt loading cathodes of PEMFC by surface tailoring of nanocarbon materials," Catal. Today, vol. 102/103, pp. 58-66, May 2005.
10. O. Antoine, Y. Bultel, P. Ozil, and R. Durand, "Catalyst gradient for cathode active layer of proton exchange membrane fuel cell," Electrochim. Acta, vol. 45, no. 27, pp. 4493-4500, Sep. 2000.
11. A. Caillard, P. Brault, J. Mathias, C. Charles, R. W. Boswell, and T. Sauvage, "Deposition and diffusion of platinum nanoparticles in porous carbon assisted by plasma sputtering," Surf. Coat. Technol., vol. 200, no. 1-4, pp. 391-394, Oct. 2005.
12. A. Caillard, C. Charles, R. Boswell, P. Brault, and C. Coutanceau, "Plasma based platinum nanoaggregates deposited on carbon nanofibers improve fuel cell efficiency," Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 90, no. 22, p. 223 119, 2007.
13. A. Caillard, C. Coutanceau, P. Brault, J. Mathias, and J.-M. Léger, "Structure of Pt/C and PtRu/C catalytic layers prepared by plasma sputtering and electric performance in direct methanol fuel cells (DMFC)," J. Power Sources, vol. 162, no. 1, pp. 66-73, Nov. 2006.
14. A.-L. Thomann, J.-P. Rozenbaum, P. Brault, C. Andreazza-Vignolle, and P. Andreazza, "Pd nanoclusters grown by plasma sputtering deposition on amorphous substrates," Appl. Surf. Sci., vol. 158, no. 1/2, pp. 172-183, May 2000.
15. P. Brault, A.-L. Thomann, and C. Andreazza-Vignolle, "Percolative growth of palladium ultrathin films deposited by plasma sputtering," Surf. Sci., vol. 406, no. 1, pp. L597-L602, May 1998.