Realization of Both High-Performance and Enhanced Durability of Fuel Cells: Pt-Exoskeleton Structure Electrocatalysts

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• 作者：Ok-Hee Kim ; Yoon-Hwan Cho ; Tae-Yeol Jeon ; Jung Won Kim ; Yong-Hun Cho ; Yung-Eun Sung
• 刊名：ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：July 1, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：7
• 期：25
• 页码：14053-14063
• 全文大小：768K
• ISSN：1944-8252

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Core鈥搒hell structure nanoparticles have been the subject of many studies over the past few years and continue to be studied as electrocatalysts for fuel cells. Therefore, many excellent core鈥搒hell catalysts have been fabricated, but few studies have reported the real application of these catalysts in a practical device actual application. In this paper, we demonstrate the use of platinum (Pt)-exoskeleton structure nanoparticles as cathode catalysts with high stability and remarkable Pt mass activity and report the outstanding performance of these materials when used in membrane-electrode assemblies (MEAs) within a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. The stability and degradation characteristics of these materials were also investigated in single cells in an accelerated degradation test using load cycling, which is similar to the drive cycle of a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell used in vehicles. The MEAs with Pt-exoskeleton structure catalysts showed enhanced performance throughout the single cell test and exhibited improved degradation ability that differed from that of a commercial Pt/C catalyst.