Journal of Power Sources, volume 505, pages 230059

Effect of catalyst layer microstructures on performance and stability for high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Jujia Zhang ¹

Haining Wang ¹

Wen Li ¹

Jin Zhang ¹

Di Lu ¹

Wenrui Yan ¹

Yan Xiang ¹

Shanfu Lu ¹

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Beijing Key Laboratory of Bio‐inspired Energy Materials and Devices School of Space and Environment Beihang University Beijing 100191 PR China |

Publication type: Journal Article

Publication date: 2021-09-01

Elsevier

Journal: Journal of Power Sources

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ISSN: 03787753

DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230059

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Physical and Theoretical Chemistry

Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Energy Engineering and Power Technology

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

Abstract

The microstructures of catalyst layers (CLs) provide the paths for phosphoric acid (PA) invasion and decide the amount and distribution of PA in CLs, which is essential to improve the performance and stability of high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs). In this work, the CLs with different microstructures are constructed and the effects of Pt loading on the performance and degradation of HT-PEMFCs are studied. The results show the CLs with flat surface slow down the process of PA invasion and well-developed pore structures promote the redistribution of PA, which results in low mass transfer resistance. Therefore, the peak power density of HT-PEMFC based on CLs prepared by ultrasonic-spraying is 1.4 times than that by screen-printing, while the performance degradation is only 11% after accelerated stress test of 30,000 cycles with the Pt loading of 0.5 mg cm −2 . Distribution of relaxation times analysis is used to assist the electrochemical impedance spectroscopy to further distinguish the different physicochemical process within cells. The result reveals that mass transfer is affected greatly by the effects of microstructures and Pt loadings, and gets deterioration gradually with the invasion of PA into CLs, which not only makes Pt particle growth but decreases kinetics of oxygen reduction reaction. • Understanding the impact of electrode microstructures on Pt utilization. • Distribution of relaxation times analyses were performed to identify loss processes. • Analysis of loss processes dependencies on electrode microstructures, Pt loading. • The deterioration of mass transfer leads to performance degradation.

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ACS applied materials & interfaces	ACS applied materials & interfaces, 1, 3.45% ACS applied materials & interfaces 1 publication, 3.45%
Journal of the Electrochemical Society	Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 1, 3.45% Journal of the Electrochemical Society 1 publication, 3.45%
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Journal of Materials Chemistry A	Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 1, 3.45% Journal of Materials Chemistry A 1 publication, 3.45%
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Russian Chemical Reviews	Russian Chemical Reviews, 1, 3.45% Russian Chemical Reviews 1 publication, 3.45%
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American Chemical Society (ACS)	American Chemical Society (ACS), 2, 6.9% American Chemical Society (ACS) 2 publications, 6.9%
Springer Nature	Springer Nature, 2, 6.9% Springer Nature 2 publications, 6.9%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)	American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1, 3.45% American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1 publication, 3.45%
Wiley	Wiley, 1, 3.45% Wiley 1 publication, 3.45%
The Electrochemical Society	The Electrochemical Society, 1, 3.45% The Electrochemical Society 1 publication, 3.45%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)	Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 1, 3.45% Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) 1 publication, 3.45%
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Zhang J. et al. Effect of catalyst layer microstructures on performance and stability for high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells // Journal of Power Sources. 2021. Vol. 505. p. 230059.

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TY - JOUR

DO - 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230059

UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230059

TI - Effect of catalyst layer microstructures on performance and stability for high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

T2 - Journal of Power Sources

AU - Zhang, Jujia

AU - Wang, Haining

AU - Li, Wen

AU - Zhang, Jin

AU - Lu, Di

AU - Yan, Wenrui

AU - Xiang, Yan

AU - Lu, Shanfu

PY - 2021

DA - 2021/09/01 00:00:00

PB - Elsevier

SP - 230059

VL - 505

SN - 0378-7753

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@article{2021_Zhang,

author = {Jujia Zhang and Haining Wang and Wen Li and Jin Zhang and Di Lu and Wenrui Yan and Yan Xiang and Shanfu Lu},

title = {Effect of catalyst layer microstructures on performance and stability for high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells},

journal = {Journal of Power Sources},

year = {2021},

volume = {505},

publisher = {Elsevier},

month = {sep},

url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230059},

pages = {230059},

doi = {10.1016/j.jpowsour.2021.230059}

}

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