High Performance and Cost‐Effective Direct Methanol Fuel Cells: Fe‐N‐C Methanol‐Tolerant Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts

Wiley - Tập 9 Số 15 - Trang 1986-1995 - 2016
David Sebastián1, Alexey Serov2, Kateryna Artyushkova2, Jonathan Gordon2, Plamen Atanassov2, A.S. Aricò1, Vincenzo Baglio1
1Istituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano” (ITAE), Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Via Salita S. Lucia Sopra Contesse 5, 98126, Messina, Italy
2Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, Farris Engineering Center, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA

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AbstractDirect methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) offer great advantages for the supply of power with high efficiency and large energy density. The search for a cost‐effective, active, stable and methanol‐tolerant catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is still a great challenge. In this work, platinum group metal‐free (PGM‐free) catalysts based on Fe‐N‐C are investigated in acidic medium. Post‐treatment of the catalyst improves the ORR activity compared with previously published PGM‐free formulations and shows an excellent tolerance to the presence of methanol. The feasibility for application in DMFC under a wide range of operating conditions is demonstrated, with a maximum power density of approximately 50 mW cm−2 and a negligible methanol crossover effect on the performance. A review of the most recent PGM‐free cathode formulations for DMFC indicates that this formulation leads to the highest performance at a low membrane–electrode assembly (MEA) cost. Moreover, a 100 h durability test in DMFC shows suitable applicability, with a similar performance–time behavior compared to common MEAs based on Pt cathodes.

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