Preparation and performance research of PtSn catalyst supported on carbon fiber for direct ethanol fuel cells

WANG Xu-hong; YUAN Shan-mei; ZHU Yu; NI Hong-jun

Volume 40 Issue 12

Dec. 2012

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WANG Xu-hong, YUAN Shan-mei, ZHU Yu, NI Hong-jun. Preparation and performance research of PtSn catalyst supported on carbon fiber for direct ethanol fuel cells[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2012, 40(12): 1454-1458.

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WANG Xu-hong, YUAN Shan-mei, ZHU Yu, NI Hong-jun. Preparation and performance research of PtSn catalyst supported on carbon fiber for direct ethanol fuel cells[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2012, 40(12): 1454-1458.

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Preparation and performance research of PtSn catalyst supported on carbon fiber for direct ethanol fuel cells

1.
School of Mechanical Engineering, Nantong University, Nantong 226009, China;
2.
Jiangsu Laboratory of Advanced Function Materials, Changshu Institute of Technology, Changshu 215500, China

Received Date: 2012-06-07
Rev Recd Date: 2012-08-31
Publish Date: 2012-12-31

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PtSn anode catalyst supported on carbon fiber was taken as the anode catalyst of the MEA. Commercial Pt/C catalyst was used in MEA as the cathode catalyst. The Nafion 115 membrane was the proton exchange membrane of the MEA. MEA was fabricated by hot-pressing. The sing flat cell was assembled with the prepared MEA. The influences of temperature, ethanol concentration, rates of liquor and O₂ were studied. The results showed that the performance of the fuel was better when the concentration of ethanol was 1.0 mol/L, the rate of liquor was 1.0 mL/min, the temperature was 80 ℃, and the rate of O₂ was 100 mL/min, the maximum power density of the fuel reached about 18.2 mW/cm².
- direct ethanol fuel cell (DEFC),
- carbon fiber,
- PtSn catalyst,
- membrane electrode assemble

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