CATALYST LAYER FOR FUEL CELL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND FUEL CELL PROVIDED WITH SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220271299A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-25

    申请号:US17626326

    申请日:2020-07-22

    IPC分类号: H01M4/92 H01M4/88

    摘要: A catalyst layer for a fuel cell contains a support and a catalyst supported on the support. The support contains a titanium oxide having a crystal phase of Ti2O. The ratio of total abundance of trivalent Ti and divalent Ti (W2) to abundance of tetravalent Ti (W1), W2/W1, is 0.1 or more as determined on the surface of the catalyst layer by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The catalyst is preferably made of at least one metal selected from platinum, iridium, and ruthenium, or an alloy thereof. Also, the catalyst layer for a fuel cell preferably further contains an ionomer, and the ratio of mass of the ionomer (I) to mass of the catalyst-supporting support (S), I/S, is preferably 0.06 or more and 0.23 or less.

    ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER FOR FUEL CELL, AND SOLID POLYMER-TYPE FUEL CELL COMPRISING SAID ELECTRODE CATALYST LAYER

    公开(公告)号:US20230049734A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-02-16

    申请号:US17792459

    申请日:2021-02-12

    IPC分类号: H01M4/92 H01M8/1018

    摘要: An electrode catalyst layer for a fuel cell includes a catalyst/support composite including a support and a catalyst supported thereon. The support contains a titanium oxide. The surface of the catalyst/support composite has an oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, zirconium, and silicon. The ratio A2/A1 is from 0.35 to 1.70, wherein A1 is the atomic ratio of titanium on a surface of the catalyst layer and A2 is the atomic ratio of a total of niobium, tantalum, zirconium, and silicon on the surface of the catalyst layer, A1 and A2 being measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The titanium oxide preferably has a composition TiOx (0.5 ≤ x