Benchmarking the oxygen reduction reaction activity of Pt-based catalysts using standardized rotating disk electrode methods

作者：Shinozaki Kazuma; Zack Jason W; Pylypenko Svitlana; Richards Ryan M; Pivovar Bryan S; Kocha Shyam S^*

来源：International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2015, 40(46): 16820-16830.

DOI：10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.08.024

• Fuel cell
• RDE
• ORR
• Platinum
• Catalyst

Thin-film rotating disk electrodes (TF-RDEs) have become the preferred half-cell technique for screening small lab-scale quantities of electrocatalysts targeted for proton exchange membrane fuel cells. Utilizing standardized protocols and best practices for Nafion-based catalyst layer fabrication, we demonstrate that catalyst layers fabricated with the rotational air drying technique result in improved film quality and similar to 1.6 x higher ORR activity as compared to the conventional stationary air drying technique for PtCo/C catalysts. The ORR activity of a series of candidate Pt-based electrocatalysts having improved kinetics (Pt-alloys), corrosion-resistance carbon supports, various Pt wt% and the implications for practical proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) is discussed.

• 出版日期2015-12-14