Degradation mechanisms of platinum nanoparticle catalysts in proton exchange membrane fuel cells: The role of particle size

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 5540-5548

  Yu, Kang ^a   Groom, Daniel J ^a   Wang, Xiaoping ^d   Yang, Zhiwei ^b   Gummalla, Mallika ^b   Ball, Sarah C ^c   Myers, Deborah J ^d   Ferreira, Paulo J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CATHODES; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATALYST NANO PARTICLES; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ELECTROCHEMICAL CYCLING; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; NANOPARTICLE CATALYSTS; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; SUBMICRON-SIZED PARTICLES;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84926510257     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm501867c     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Kocha, S. S. Principles of MEA preparation. In Handbook of Fuel Cells - Fundamentals, Technology and Applications, ed. 1; Vielstich, W., Lamm, A., Gasteiger, H. A., Eds.; Wiley: Chichester, UK, 2003; Vol. 3, 538.
2. Wheeler, D. J.; Yi, J. S.; Fredley, R.; Yang, D.; Patterson, T.; VanDine, L. J. New Mater. Electrochem. Syst. 2001, 4, 233.
3. Borup, R.; Meyers, J.; Pivovar, B.; Kim, Y. S.; Mukundan, R.; Garland, N.; Myers, D.; Wilson, M.; Garzon, F.; Wood, D.; Zelenay, P.; More, K.; Stroh, K.; Zawodzinski, T.; Boncella, J.; McGrath, J. E.; Inaba, M.; Miyatake, K.; Hori, M.; Ota, K.; Ogumi, Z.; Miyata, S.; Nishikata, A.; Siroma, Z.; Uchimoto, Y.; Yasuda, K.; Kimijima, K. I.; Iwashita, N. Chem. Rev. 2007, 107, 3904.
4. de Bruijn, F. A.; Dam, V. A. T.; Janssen, G. J. M. Fuel Cells 2008, 8, 3.
5. Wilson, M. S.; Garzon, F. H.; Sickafus, K. E.; Gottesfeld, S. J. Electrochem. Soc. 1993, 140, 2872.
6. Ferreira, P. J.; Shao-Horn, Y. Electrochem. Solid-State Lett. 2007, 10, B60.
7. Ferreira, P. J.; La O', G. J.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Morgan, D.; Makharia, R.; Kocha, S.; Gastaeiger, H. A. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2005, 152, A2256.
8. Shao-Horn, Y.; Sheng, W. C.; Chen, S.; Ferreira, P. J.; Holby, E. F.; Morgan, D. Top. Catal. 2007, 46, 285.
9. Wu, J.; Yuan, X.; Martin, J. J.; Wang, H.; Zhang, J.; Shen, J.; Wu, S.; Merida, W. J. Power Sources 2008, 184, 104.
10. Shao, Y.; Yin, G.; Gao, Y. J. Power Sources. 2007, 171, 558.
11. Campbell, C. T.; Parker, S. C.; Starr, D. Science 2002, 298, 811.
12. Holby, E. F.; Sheng, W.; Shao-Horn, Y.; Morgan, D. Energy Environ. Sci. 2009, 2, 865.
13. Ascarelli, P.; Contini, V.; Giorgi, R. J. Appl. Phys. 2002, 91, 4556.
14. Yang, Z.; Ball, S.; Condit, D.; Gummalla, M. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2011, 158, B1439.
15. Groom, D. J. The Effect of Nanocatalyst Size on Performance and Degradation in the Cathode of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells. Master Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2011.
16. Ahluwalia, R. K.; Arisetty, S.; Wang, X.; Wang, X.; Subbaraman, R.; Ball, S. C.; DeCrane, S.; Myers, D. J. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2013, 160, F447.
17. Sugawara, Y.; Yadav, A. P.; Nishikata, A.; Tsuru, T. ECS Trans. 2009, 16, 117.
18. Granqvist, C. C.; Buhrman, R. A. J. Catal. 1976, 46, 477.
19. Asoro, M. Coalescence and Sintering in Metallic Nanoparticles . Ph. D. Dissertation, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, 2012.
20. Ahluwalia, R. K.; Arisetty, S.; Subbaraman, R.; Wang, X.; Kariuki, N.; Myers, D. J.; Mukundan, R.; Borup, R.; Polevaya, O. J. Electrochem. Soc. 2014, 161, F291.