介孔碳尺寸对质子交换膜燃料电池性能的影响

Effect of Mesoporous Carbon Size on the Performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

  • 摘要: 碳载体的结构和尺寸是影响催化剂活性和稳定性的重要因素。以介孔碳为碳载体并对其尺寸进行优化,探究碳颗粒尺寸对催化剂催化活性、稳定性以及催化剂在膜电极中性能的影响规律。通过对不同尺寸的介孔碳研究,发现当介孔碳颗粒尺寸在1.7 μm时,Pt3Co合金颗粒的负载均匀性、催化剂的活性以及浆料的适配性 (IC)都达到最佳状态。基于MPC-1.7介孔碳制备的Pt3Co/MPC-1.7催化剂初始催化活性达到537.1 mA/mg@0.9 V,最优IC比为1.0时的单电池性能达到0.7 V@2000 mA/cm2,明显高于EC300J碳载体制备的催化剂。30000圈的加速耐久测试表明,基于介孔碳Pt3Co/MPC-1.7催化剂质量比活性仅衰减了23.4%,明显优于Pt3Co/EC300J催化剂衰减的53%,这得益于介孔碳丰富的介孔结构对于锚定Pt3Co纳米颗粒,抑制合金颗粒的长大以及阻碍合金颗粒的移动合并粗化具有重要作用。

     

    Abstract: The structure and size of carbon support play an important role in presenting the catalytic activity and stability of the catalyst. Mesoporous carbon(MPC) is selected as the carbon support and the influence of particle size of the mesoporous carbon is optimized and explored. Also, the enhanced mechanism of the catalytic activity and stability of the supported catalyst and the performance of the catalyst-based MEA are investigated. Four different particle sizes of MPC are studied, it is found that when the mesoporous carbon particle size is 1.7 μm, the loaded Pt3Co alloy nanoparticles are well-dispersed, the activity of the catalyst and the adaptability of the ink are the best. The initial catalytic activity of the Pt3Co/MPC-1.7 catalyst reached 537.1 mA/mg@0.9 V, and the single-cell performance of the catalyst with the optimal IC(1.0) reached 0.7 V@2000 mA/cm2, which is significantly higher than that of Pt3Co/EC300J catalyst. Accelerated stress test displayed that the mass specific activity of the catalyst based on mesoporous carbon Pt3Co/MPC-1.7 only decreased by 23.4% after 30000 cycles, which is significantly better than that of Pt3Co/EC300J(53%) due to the mesoporous carbon rich mesoporous structure which plays an important role in anchoring Pt3Co nanoparticles, inhibiting the growth of small particles, and hindering the movement and coarsening of alloy particles.

     

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