Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for producing an electrode for a high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. According to the method, a catalyst slurry containing a uniformly dispersed binder is used to produce an electrode. Also disclosed are a membrane electrode assembly using the electrode and a high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell including the membrane electrode assembly. Uniform distribution of the binder leads to improvements in the performance and reproducibility of the fuel cell.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing a carbon-supported platinum-transition metal alloy nanoparticle catalyst. More particularly, the present disclosure provides a method for preparing a carbon-supported platinum-transition metal alloy nanoparticle catalyst using a stabilizer, the method including the steps of: (a) mixing a platinum precursor, a transition metal precursor, carbon, stabilizer and a reducing agent solution, and carrying out washing and drying to obtain carbon-supported platinum-transition metal alloy nanoparticles; (b) mixing the carbon-supported platinum-transition metal alloy nanoparticles with an acetic acid solution, and carrying out washing and drying to obtain acetic acid-treated nanoparticles; and (c) heat treating the acetic acid-treated nanoparticles. Thus, it is possible to obtain a carbon-supported platinum-transition metal alloy nanoparticle catalyst through a more simple and eco-friendly process as compared to the related art, and to apply the catalyst to a high-performance and high-durability fuel cell catalyst.
Abstract:
Provided is a membrane electrode assembly for a proton exchange membrane water electrolyzer, including: an oxygen electrode including an iridium oxide (IrO2) layer which is an electrodeposited oxygen electrode layer on a titanium (Ti) layer which is a diffusion layer; a hydrogen electrode in which a hydrogen electrode layer is formed on a diffusion layer; and an electrolyte membrane placed between the oxygen electrode layer and the hydrogen electrode layer, in which a portion of the pores of the Ti diffusion layer are filled with an electrolyte of the electrolyte membrane.
Abstract:
A catalyst containing a carbon support and a core-shell nanoparticle supported on the carbon support, wherein a core of the core-shell nanoparticle is cobalt metal not containing a heterogeneous element and the shell contains carbon. The catalyst for an oxygen reduction reaction of the present disclosure is a catalyst in which the cobalt core-carbon shell nanoparticle is supported on the carbon support through ligand stabilization and heat treatment. The catalyst can be synthesized to have high dispersibility. In particular, it can be used as an electrode catalyst of a cathode to improve the oxygen reduction activity and durability of a fuel cell operating under an alkaline atmosphere.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a hydrogen generating apparatus and a hydrogen generating method, wherein the hydrogen generating apparatus generates hydrogen by dehydrating formic acid, and comprises: a reactor for containing water and a heterogeneous catalyst; a formic acid feeder for feeding formic acid into the reactor; and a moisture remover for removing moisture generated from the reactor.
Abstract:
Provided is an electrocatalyst for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis, including a carbonaceous material, and nickel electrodeposited on the carbonaceous material, wherein nickel is partially substituted with platinum and the substitution with platinum provides increased hydrogen evolution activity as compared to the same electrocatalyst before substitution with platinum. Also provided are a method for preparing the electrocatalyst and an anion exchange membrane water electrolyzer using the same. The nickel electrocatalyst coated with an ultralow loading amount of platinum for anion exchange membrane water electrolysis shows excellent hydrogen evolution activity and has a small thickness of catalyst, thereby providing high mass transfer and high catalyst availability. In addition, the electrocatalyst uses a particle-type electrode to facilitate emission of hydrogen bubbles generated during hydrogen evolution reaction and oxygen bubbles generated during oxygen evolution reaction, and requires low cost for preparation to provide high cost-efficiency.
Abstract:
Provided is a new ternary Zn2SnO4 (ZSO) electron-transporting electrode of a CH3NH3PbI3 perovskite solar cell as an alternative to the conventional TiO2 electrode. The ZSO-based perovskite solar cell exhibits faster electron transport (˜10 times) and superior charge-collecting capability compared to the TiO2-based perovskite solar cell with similar thickness and energy conversion efficiency.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a catalyst for a fuel cell, a fuel cell including the same and a method for preparing the catalyst for a fuel cell. More specifically, the catalyst for a fuel cell according to the present disclosure can exhibit superior catalytic activity as compared to the existing catalyst even when the catalyst metal is used at a very low content because some metal of the metal nanoparticles distributed on a carbon support is replaced with catalyst metal single atoms.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a fuel cell catalyst and a manufacturing method thereof. The fuel cell catalyst of the present disclosure can be used to manufacture a membrane electrode assembly having a catalyst layer of high density and high dispersion by solving the problem of aggregation of catalyst particles occurring during the formation of the catalyst layer, by using a catalyst including a polydopamine-coated support. In addition, the method for manufacturing a fuel cell catalyst of the present disclosure does not require a solvent because the catalyst including the polydopamine-coated support and the halide in solid phase are simply heat-treated by solid-to-solid dry synthesis and allows manufacturing of a fuel cell catalyst in short time because a washing process using a solvent and an extraction process for sampling are unnecessary after the synthesis.
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates to a fluorine-doped tin oxide support, a platinum catalyst for a fuel cell comprising the same, and a method for producing the same. The present disclosure has a high electrical conductivity and electrochemical durability by doping fluorine to the tin oxide-based support through an electrospinning process. Thus, while resolving a degradation issue of the carbon support in the conventional commercially available platinum/carbon (Pt/C) catalyst, the present disclosure is designed to minimize an electrochemical elution of dopant or tin, which is a limitation of the tin oxide support itself and has excellent performance as a catalyst for a fuel cell.