Preparation of highly dispersed SiO2 and Pt particles in Nafion® 112 for self-humidifying electrolyte membranes in fuel cells

被引:96
作者
Hagihara, Hiroki
Uchida, Hiroyuki
Watanabe, Masahiro
机构
[1] Yamanashi Univ, Clean Enrgy Res Ctr, Kofu, Yamanashi 4008511, Japan
[2] Yamanashi Univ, Interdisciplinary Grad Sch Med & Engn, Kofu, Yamanashi 4008511, Japan
关键词
polymer electrolyte fuel cell; electrolyte membrane; SiO2; self-humidifying; Pt dispersion;
D O I
10.1016/j.electacta.2005.11.012
中图分类号
O646 [电化学、电解、磁化学];
学科分类号
081704 ;
摘要
We have developed preparation protocol of practically large size self-humidifying polymer electrolyte membranes (PEMs) with highly dispersed nanometer-sized Pt and/or SiO2 for fuel cells. The Pt particles were expected to catalyze the recombination of H-2 and O-2, leading to a suppression of the chemical short-circuit reaction at the electrodes, while the SiO2 particles were expected to adsorb the water produced at the Pt particles together with that produced at the cathode reaction. Stable SiO2 particles were formed in a commercial PEM (Nafion (R) 112) via in situ sol-gel reactions at 70 degrees C. It was found by SAXS that the hydrophilic cluster size increased by water adsorbed SiO2, which may contribute to the increase in the proton conductivity once SiO2 adsorbed water. Pt particles were uniformly dispersed in a Na+-form normal-PEM or SiO2-PEM by an ion-exchange reaction with [Pt(NH3)(4)]Cl-2, followed by a reduction with 1-pentanol at 125 degrees C. The newly prepared Pt-SiO2-PEM was found to perform a self-humidifying operation in a standard-size PEFC (25 cm(2) electrode area) with H-2 and O-2 humidified at 30 degrees C. The performance of the Pt-SiO2-PEM cell operated with the low humidity reactant gases was as high as the normal-PEM cell fully humidified, because the ohmic resistance of the former cell was as low as the latter cell. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:3979 / 3985
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