催化作用
二甲醚
质子交换膜燃料电池
直接乙醇燃料电池
甲醇
Nafion公司
甲醇燃料
化学
铂金
无机化学
氧化物
电催化剂
电化学
甲酸
材料科学
化学工程
电极
有机化学
物理化学
工程类
作者
Diwakar Kashyap,Hanan Teller,Alex Schechter
标识
DOI:10.1002/celc.201900216
摘要
Abstract Dimethyl ether (DME) has been considered a potential fuel for direct‐feed proton exchange membrane fuel cells, owing to its high energy density, low toxicity, and low crossover through a Nafion® membrane in comparison to commonly reported fuels such as methanol, ethanol, and formic acid. The main hurdle in the implementation of direct DME fuel cells is the sluggish oxidation kinetics on state‐of‐the‐art Pt−based catalysts (e. g. Pt and PtRu). In this work, DME oxidation on a platinum‐coated tin oxide catalyst (Pt/SnO 2 ) supported on carbon is reported and compared with commercial Pt/C catalysts. Our catalyst was synthesized by using the polyol method, and structural characterization was performed by using transmission electron microscopy and X‐ray diffraction. Electrochemical analysis in acid solution showed overpotentials that are 50 mV lower than commercial Pt/C, as well as a higher oxidation current ( ). The peak power obtained using a 4 cm 2 laboratory prototype fuel cell (loading of 1.23 mg Pt cm −2 on anode at 0.40 V) was 105 mW cm −2 at 70 °C. Online mass spectrometry analysis of the oxidation products gives insights into the new pathways of the electro‐oxidation mechanism on this promising catalyst.
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