Carbon-supported silver in varying percentage viz. 40%, 60%, and 80% (Ag/C) is prepared by sodium citrate protecting method. The structure, dispersion, electrochemical characterization, and surface area and oxygen reduction reaction pathway of Ag/C are determined by XRD, TEM, CV, and LSV, respectively. The catalyst is evaluated for its electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (APEMFCs); 60% Ag/C gives higher performance than 40%, and 80% Ag/C. Metal loading on cathode is optimized through the cell polarization studies using 60% Ag/C. A peak power density of 10 mW/cm 2 is obtained for APEMFC single cell comprising 60% Ag/C and 38% Pt/C as cathode and anode catalysts, respectively.
Carbon supported PdCo catalysts in varying atomic ratios of Pd to Co, namely 1 : 1, 2 : 1 and 3 : 1, were prepared. The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) was studied on commercial carbon-supported Pd and carbon-supported PdCo nanocatalysts in aqueous 0.1 M KOH solution with and without methanol. The structure, dispersion, electrochemical characterization and surface area of PdCo/C were determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and Cyclic Voltammetry (CV), respectively. The electrochemical activity for ORR was evaluated from Linear Sweep Voltammograms (LSV) obtained using a rotating ring disk electrode. The catalysts were evaluated for their electrocatalytic activity towards oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in Alkaline Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells (APEMFCs). PdCo(3 : 1)/C gives higher performance (85 mW cm(-2)) than PdCo(1 : 1)/C, PdCo(2 : 1)/C and Pd/C. The maximum electrocatalytic activity for ORR in the presence of methanol was observed for PdCo(3 : 1)/C. First principles calculations within the framework of density functional theory were performed to understand the origin of its catalytic activity based on the energy of adsorption of an O(2) molecule on the cluster, structural variation and charge transfer mechanism.
Carbon-supported Pt-TiO 2 ͑Pt-TiO 2 /C͒ catalysts with varying at. wt ratios of Pt to Ti, namely, 1:1, 2:1, and 3:1, are prepared by the sol-gel method. The electrocatalytic activity of the catalysts toward oxygen reduction reaction ͑ORR͒, both in the presence and absence of methanol, is evaluated for application in direct methanol fuel cells ͑DMFCs͒. The optimum at. wt ratio of Pt to Ti in Pt-TiO 2 /C is established by fuel cell polarization, linear sweep voltammetry, and cyclic voltammetry studies. Pt-TiO 2 /C heattreated at 750°C with Pt and Ti in an at. wt ratio of 2:1 shows enhanced methanol tolerance, while maintaining high catalytic activity toward ORR. The DMFC with a Pt-TiO 2 /C cathode catalyst exhibits an enhanced peak power density of 180 mW/cm 2 in contrast to the 80 mW/cm 2 achieved from the DMFC with carbon-supported Pt catalyst while operating under identical conditions. Complementary data on the influence of TiO 2 on the crystallinity of Pt, surface morphology, and particle size, surface oxidation states of individual constituents, and bulk and surface compositions are also obtained by powder X-ray diffraction, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, energy dispersive analysis by X-ray, and inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry.Direct methanol fuel cells ͑DMFCs͒ have reached a high level of development and are now almost universally referred to as the sixth fuel cell type. In applications, they are set to function as power sources for a range of mobile applications, a situation brought about by the convenience of the storage of liquid fuels. For the expansion of the applications of DMFCs, efforts are being expended to develop improved electrocatalysts for the anode and for the cathode where methanol tolerance is preferred. 1 In the literature, 2 four classes of oxygen-reduction catalysts have been employed with the DMFCs, namely, ͑i͒ noble metal catalysts, such as platinum, which when dispersed in particulate form on carbon exhibit high activity for oxygen reduction ͑however, these catalysts show little methanol tolerance͒; ͑ii͒ macrocyclic derivatives of transition-metal compounds, such as Co and Fe porphyrins, phthalocyanines, and tetraazaannulenes, which yield low current densities because of their relatively poor activity toward oxygen reduction reaction ͑ORR͒ ͑furthermore, their dispersion on high surface area substrates needs to be ameliorated͒; ͑iii͒ metallic oxides, particularly of the second and third row transition metals, which are not acid stable; and ͑iv͒ transition-metal compounds with other nonmetallic counterions derived from the chalcogenides, such as RuSe, which are active toward ORR but not with methanol oxidation, allowing them to be used in DMFCs even when methanol permeation takes place from the anode to the cathode. However, oxygen reduction activities of chalcogenide-based catalysts are much lower than that of Pt. Because of the above reasons, methanol-tolerant Pt-based catalysts are preferred in DMFCs for prolong...
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