Electrocatalytic activity of iridium oxide nanoparticles coated on carbon for oxygen reduction as cathode catalyst in polymer electrolyte fuel cell |
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Authors: | C.H. Chang Y. Nagao H. Yugami |
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Affiliation: | a Department of Mechanical Systems and Design, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-01 Aramaki Aza Aoba, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan b Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA |
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Abstract: | The iridium oxide nanoparticles supported on Vulcan XC-72 porous carbon were prepared for cathode catalyst in polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC). The catalyst has been characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and in PEFC tests. The iridium oxide nanoparticles, which were uniformly dispersed on carbon surface, were 2-3 nm in diameter. With respect to the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity was also studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV), revealing an onset potential of about 0.6 V vs. an Ag/AgCl electrode. The ORR catalytic activity of this catalyst was also tested in a hydrogen-oxygen single PEFC and a power density of 20 mW cm−2 has been achieved at the current density of 68.5 mA cm−2. This study concludes that carbon-supported iridium oxide nanoparticles have potential to be used as cathode catalyst in PEFC. |
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Keywords: | Polymer electrolyte fuel cell Carbon-supported iridium oxide Oxygen reduction reaction Membrane electrode assembly |
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