Characterization of Differently Synthesized Pt-Ru Fuel Cell Catalysts by Cyclic Voltammetry, FTIR Spectroscopy, and in Single Cells
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- Published by The Electrochemical Society in Journal of the Electrochemical Society
- Vol. 149 (11) , E433-E439
- https://doi.org/10.1149/1.1511191
Abstract
Carbon-supported Pt-Ru (1:1) catalysts were synthesized from aqueous solutions of Pt(IV) and Ru(IV) salts by two different reductive methods and characterized in comparison to a commercial Pt-Ru/C catalyst purchased from E-TEK, Inc. The three catalysts differ in particle size, dispersion, and degree of alloying, as determined by X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy. Cyclic voltammetry in different methanol concentrations and CO-stripping experiments were conducted to check their electrocatalytic activity. The results obtained are in good agreement with single-cell measurements using H2/COH2/CO mixtures with concentrations of 75 and 150 ppm CO. The synthesized catalysts show improved activities for low CO concentrations at 75°C cell temperature. In addition, for the synthesized catalysts only low CO coverages were found at the electrode surface by special in situ infrared reflectance techniques in contrast to the commercial one. © 2002 The Electrochemical Society. All rights reserved.Keywords
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