碳载鈷吡啶用于碱性燃料电池非铂基阴极催化剂.docVIP

  Carbon-supported Co-pyridine as non-platinum cathode catalyst for alkaline membrane fuel cells# 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 XU Li1, ZHOU Xuejun1, TIAN Binglun2, LIU Shiyao2, QIAO Jinli1** (1. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Donghua University, ShangHai 201620; 2. Pearl Hydrogen Technology CO., Ltd, ShangHai 201803) Abstract: In this work, carbon-supported pyridine-cobalt nanoparticles (CoPy/C) are synthesized using cobalt sulfate heptahydrate (CoSO4 7H2O) and pyridine (Py) as the Co and N precursors via a solid state reaction by heat-treatment in an inert atmosphere at 800oC. In particular, the ORR kinetics on these catalyst materials are evaluated using cyclic voltammetry (CV) and rotating disk electrode (RDE) in electrolytes of various KOH concentrations, ranging from 0.05 to 12.0 M, because ORR is more favourable in alkaline electrolytes than in acidic and neutral electrolytes. The Koutecky-Levich equation analysis indicates that oxygen can be reduced to OH- with high selectivity through a direct four-electron pathway mechanism in KOH concentrations in the range of 0.05 – 6.0 M. These catalysts exhibit the superior methanol tolerance to commercial 40%Pt/C catalyst, and the negative effect of higher concentration of KOH is much less for CoPy/C than for Pt/C, suggesting the promising utilization of CoPy/C catalysts as electrocatalysts for alkaline polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. Key words: Co-Pyridine/C catalyst; Oxygen reduction reaction; KOH concentration effect; methanol tolerance; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell 0 Introduction Fuel cell technology has received an increasing interest over the past few decades, particular to proton-exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells [1]. This fuel cell uses an acidic membrane as electrolyte and gives excellent results such as the excellent chemical, mechanical, and thermal stability as well as high ionic conductivity. However, the full potential of the PEM fuel cells has not been realized due t