Advanced Nanocarbons for Enhanced Performance and Durability of Platinum Catalysts in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

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Insufficient stability of current carbon supported Pt and Pt alloy catalysts is a significant barrier for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). As a primary degradation cause to trigger Pt nanoparticle migration, dissolution, and aggregation, carbon corrosion remains a significant challenge. Compared with enhancing Pt and PtM alloy particle stability, improving support stability is rather challenging due to carbon's thermodynamic instability under fuel cell operation. In recent years, significant efforts have been made to develop highly durable carbon-based supports concerning innovative nanostructure design and synthesis along with mechanistic understanding. This review critically discusses recent progress in developing carbon-based materials for Pt catalysts and provides synthesis-structure-performance correlations to elucidate underlying stability enhancement mechanisms. The mechanisms and impacts of carbon support degradation on Pt catalyst performance are first discussed. The general strategies are summarized to tailor the carbon structures and strengthen the metal-support interactions, followed by discussions on how these designs lead to enhanced support stability. Based on current experimental and theoretical studies, the critical features of carbon supports are analyzed concerning their impacts on the performance and durability of Pt catalysts in fuel cells. Finally, the perspectives are shared on future directions to develop advanced carbon materials with favorable morphologies and nanostructures to increase Pt utilization, strengthen metal-support interactions, facilitate mass/charge transfer, and enhance corrosion resistance.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:17

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Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) - 17(2021), 48 vom: 02. Dez., Seite e2006805

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Qiao, Zhi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Chenyu [VerfasserIn]
Zeng, Yachao [VerfasserIn]
Spendelow, Jacob S [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Gang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Carbon corrosion
Carbon support
Electrocatalysts
Journal Article
PEM fuel cell
Pt catalysts
Review

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Date Revised 02.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/smll.202006805

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM326099743