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2020
Journal Article
Title

PEM-Fuel Cell Catalyst Behavior between Room Temperature and Freezing Point

Abstract
An increasing use of fuel cell electric vehicles involves the need to understand their behavior at low ambient temperatures as well as under cold-start conditions. Here commercial 60 wt.% Pt/C catalyst (HiSPEC9100) was studied in the temperature range 0-20-°C using rotating disc electrode (RDE) setup and single cell inside a climate chamber. RDE measurements of oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity revealed decreasing activity with lower temperatures as well as activation energies and reaction mechanisms comparable to high temperature studies. Catalyst degradation was significantly lower at lower temperatures, which was confirmed by CO stripping. The increase of the specific ORR activity after degradation measurements is discussed in terms of morphological changes of the Pt particles. Single cell tests confirmed significant performance reduction at lower temperatures. Furthermore, measurements at different power densities were conducted to evaluate heating and flooding effects.
Author(s)
Kunkel, Robin  orcid-logo
Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologie ICT  
Baumann, Nils
Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologie ICT  
Jurzinsky, Till
Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologie ICT  
Cremers, Carsten  orcid-logo
Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologie ICT  
Journal
Fuel Cells  
Conference
International Conference on Fundamentals & Development of Fuel Cells (FDFC) 2019  
Open Access
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Rights
CC BY 4.0: Creative Commons Attribution
DOI
10.24406/publica-r-258412
10.1002/fuce.201900067
Language
English
Fraunhofer-Institut für Chemische Technologie ICT  
Keyword(s)
  • carbon corrosion

  • catalyst degradation

  • electrocatalysis

  • platinum

  • cold‐start

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