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Deli Wang1, Chinmayee V Subban, Hongsen Wang
1Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
Abstract:
The current materials used in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) are not sufficiently durable for commercial deployment. One of the major challenges lies in the development of an inexpensive, efficient, and CO-tolerant anode catalyst. Here we report the unique CO-tolerant property of Pt nanoparticles supported on Ti(0.7)W(0.3)O(2). The Ti(0.7)W(0.3)O(2) nanoparticles (50 nm) were synthesized via a sol-gel process and platinized using an impregnation-reduction technique. Electrochemical studies of Pt/Ti(0.7)W(0.3)O(2) show unique CO-tolerant electrocatalytic activity for hydrogen oxidation compared to commercial E-TEK PtRu/C catalysts. Differential electrochemical mass spectrometry measurements show the onset potential for CO oxidation on Pt/Ti(0.7)W(0.3)O(2) to be below 0.1 V (vs RHE). Pt/Ti(0.7)W(0.3)O(2) is a promising new anode catalyst for PEMFC applications.
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