Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10269145 | Electrochimica Acta | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
To decrease the Pt content, a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) was formed using a carbon supported Pd96Pt4 catalyst as the anode material, and a carbon supported Pd49Pt47Co4 catalyst as the cathode material. The as-obtained Pd-based PEMFC with an overall Pd:Pt:Co atomic composition of electrodes (anode + cathode) = 72:26:2 exhibited a performance not too far from that of the fuel cell with the conventional 100% Pt electrodes. With a Pt content of 35 wt% of that of the cell with full Pt electrodes, at a current density of 1 A cmâ2 the performance loss of the cell with the Pd-based catalysts was only 11%, with 6% ascribed to the anode catalyst and 5% to the cathode catalyst. The maximum power density of the Pd-based cell was 76% of that of the cell with Pt catalysts.
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Authors
Ermete Antolini, Sabrina C. Zignani, Sydney F. Santos, Ernesto R. Gonzalez,