混合金属Pt单层电催化剂具有改进的CO耐受性
Anand Udaykumar Nilekar1, Kotaro Sasaki, Carrie A Farberow
1Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|October 27, 2011
概括
新的金属 (Pt-M) 催化剂可以减少燃料电池中的CO中毒. 这些先进的材料降低了成本,并提高了质子交换膜燃料电池阳极的效率.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 电化学 电化学 电化学
- 计算化学计算化学
背景情况:
- 质子交换膜燃料电池 (PEMFC) 对于清洁能源至关重要.
- (Pt) 催化剂的CO中毒是PEMFC阳极耐用性和效率的一个主要挑战.
- 尽量减少Pt使用对于降低成本至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 设计和评估在非Pt金属上支持的新型Pt-M双金属单层催化剂.
- 为了改善PEMFC阳极的催化剂稳定性,防止CO中毒.
- 为了减少二氧化碳氧化过度潜力和降低整体材料成本.
主要方法:
- 定期,自我一致的密度函数理论 (DFT) 计算.
- 脱离二氧化碳的电压测量实验.
主要成果:
- 设计的Pt-M双金属单层催化剂在非Pt金属上支持.
- 与纯Pt.相比,对抗CO中毒的稳定性有所改善.
- DFT预测了被吸附的CO分子之间的高度排斥性相互作用,导致较弱的结合和较低的CO覆盖.
- 促进了CO从催化表面的氧化去除.
结论:
- 开发的Pt-M催化剂为PEMFC阳极提供了更高的稳定性和效率.
- 这些催化剂减少了对昂贵的纯Pt的需求,降低了制造成本.
- 这些发现为更经济,更持久的燃料电池技术铺平了道路.
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