摘要:
A mesoporous carbon is prepared by mixing a carbon precursor, an acid, and a solvent to obtain a carbon precursor mixture; impregnating an ordered mesoporous silica (OMS) with the carbon precursor mixture; carbonizing the impregnated OMS at 800 to 1300° C. by irradiating microwave energy with a power of 100 to 2000 W thereon to form an OMS-carbon composite; and removing the mesoporous silica from the OMS-carbon composite. The method of preparing a mesoporous carbon can significantly reduce a carbonization time by carbonizing a carbon precursor using microwave energy in a silica template compared to a conventional method using a heat treatment. A supported catalyst and a fuel cell include the mesoporous carbon.
摘要:
A method of preparing a supported catalyst, the method comprising mixing a first catalytic metal precursor and a first solvent to obtain a first catalytic metal precursor mixture; mixing a carbon support for catalyst and the first catalytic metal precursor mixture, and drying the mixture to obtain a primary supported catalyst precursor; subjecting the primary supported catalyst precursor to a hydrogen reduction heat treatment, to obtain a primary supported catalyst; mixing the primary supported catalyst and a polyhydric alcohol to obtain a primary supported catalyst mixture; mixing a second catalytic metal precursor and a second solvent to obtain a second catalytic metal precursor mixture; mixing the primary supported catalyst mixture and the second catalytic metal precursor mixture to obtain a secondary supported catalyst precursor mixture; and adjusting the pH of the secondary supported catalyst precursor mixture, and then heating the secondary supported catalyst precursor mixture to obtain a supported catalyst, a supported catalyst prepared by the method, an electrode comprising the supported catalyst, and a fuel cell including the electrode are provided. A supported catalyst having a desired amount of loaded catalytic metal particles can be obtained by preparing a primary supported catalyst containing catalytic metal particles that are obtained by a primary gas phase reduction reaction of a portion of the final loading amount of catalytic metal, and reducing the remaining portion of the catalytic metal by a secondary liquid phase reduction reaction. The supported catalyst contains catalytic metal particles having a very small average particle size, which are uniformly distributed on a carbon support at a high concentration, and thus exhibits maximal catalyst activity. A fuel cell produced using the supported catalyst has improved efficiency.
摘要:
A catalyst, a method of preparing the catalyst, and a fuel cell using the catalyst. The catalyst includes a catalyst metal particle, and a porous coating layer of a conductive ceramic material disposed on the surface of the catalyst metal particle. The catalyst has a methanol tolerance index of 80%, or more, a smaller particle size than a commercially available Pt-black catalyst manufactured through a polyol process. The catalyst can include a PT catalyst metal particle that is surface treated, or coated, with a conductive ceramic ATO. The catalyst has an excellent ORR activity in the presence of methanol, and an enhanced tolerance with respect to methanol. A fuel cell, including an electrode manufactured using the catalyst, has a high energy density and a high fuel efficiency.
摘要:
A method of preparing a supported catalyst, a supported catalyst prepared by the method, and a fuel cell using the supported catalyst. In particular, a method of preparing a supported catalyst by preparing a primary supported catalyst containing catalytic metal particles that are obtained by a primary gas phase reduction reaction of a portion of the final loading amount of a catalytic metal, and reducing the remaining portion of the catalytic metal by a secondary liquid phase reduction reaction using the primary supported catalyst. The supported catalyst contains catalytic metal particles having a very small average particle size, which are uniformly distributed on a carbon support at a high concentration, and thus exhibits maximal catalyst activity. A fuel cell produced using the supported catalyst has improved efficiency.
摘要:
A method of preparing a mesoporous carbon includes mixing a mesophase pitch, a carbon precursor, an acid, and a solvent to obtain a carbon precursor mixture; impregnating an ordered mesoporous silica (OMS) with the carbon precursor mixture; heat-treating and carbonizing the impregnated OMS to form an OMS-carbon composite; and removing the OMS from the OMS-carbon composite. The mesoporous carbon uses the mesophase pitch and the carbon precursor to reduce sheet resistance, and thus can efficiently transfer electric energy. Such mesoporous carbon can be used as a conductive material of electrodes for fuel cells. When the mesoporous carbon is used as a support for catalysts of electrodes, a supported catalyst containing the support can be used to manufacture a fuel cell having high efficiency.
摘要:
A mesoporous carbon composite includes mesoporous carbon having mesopores; a conductive polymer coated on only an outer surface of the mesoporous carbon; and an organic electrolyte. The mesoporous carbon composite may be prepared by impregnating an ordered mesoporous silica (OMS) with a mixture comprising a carbon precursor, an acid, and a solvent; heat-treating and carbonizing the impregnated OMS to form an OMS-carbon composite; mixing the OMS-carbon composite with a monomer that forms a conductive polymer and a solvent to provide a surface of the OMS-carbon composite with the monomer; polymerizing the monomer to obtain a conductive polymer-coated OMS-carbon composite; removing the OMS from the composite to obtain a conductive polymer-coated mesoporous carbon; and doping the conductive polymer-coated mesoporous carbon with an organic electrolyte. A supported catalyst and a fuel cell include the mesoporous carbon composite.
摘要:
Provided are a mesoporous carbon and a method of preparing the same, where the mesoporous carbon is prepared using phenanthrene as a carbon source and a mesoporous silica as a template. The mesoporous carbon has a significantly low plane resistance, which can be obtained without sacrificing other physical properties, and thus obtains a high conductivity and effectively transfers electrical energy. Accordingly, a fuel cell electrode or a fuel cell which is produced using the mesoporous carbon as a conductive material has high efficiency. Furthermore, the mesoporous carbon may be used in various electrochemical devices as a conductive material.
摘要:
A catalyst coated membrane (CCM) comprising an anode catalyst layer having a first catalyst layer composed of a non-supported catalyst and a second catalyst layer composed of a supported catalyst, a cathode catalyst layer composed of a supported catalyst, and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the anode catalyst layer and a cathode catalyst layer, the first catalyst layer of the anode catalyst layer being disposed adjacent to the electrolyte membrane; a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) comprising the catalyst coated membrane; a method of preparing the membrane electrode assembly; and a fuel cell comprising the membrane electrode assembly, are provided. The CCM, which comprises a bilayered anode catalyst layer including the first catalyst layer composed of a non-supported catalyst and the second catalyst layer composed of a supported catalyst, exhibits reduced electrical resistance and interfacial resistance, and has increased catalyst availability. The use of the CCM and an MEA having the same results in a decrease in the interfacial resistance between the electrodes and the electrolyte membrane, a decrease in the amount of the catalyst used in the electrode catalyst layer, and a decrease in the thickness deviation in the electrode layers. The fuel cell employing the MEA exhibits maximal activity of the supported catalyst, and has improved cell characteristics such as output voltage, output density, efficiency, and the like.
摘要:
A mesoporous carbon composite includes mesoporous carbon having mesopores; a conductive polymer coated on only an outer surface of the mesoporous carbon; and an organic electrolyte comprising a lithium salt and an organic solvent. The mesoporous carbon composite may be prepared by impregnating an ordered mesoporous silica (OMS) with a carbon precursor mixture comprising a carbon precursor, an acid, and a solvent; heat-treating and carbonizing the impregnated OMS to form an OMS-carbon composite; mixing the OMS-carbon composite with a monomer that forms a conductive polymer and a solvent to provide a surface of the OMS-carbon composite with the monomer that forms a conductive polymer; polymerizing the monomer to obtain a conductive polymer-coated OMS-carbon composite; removing the OMS from the conductive polymer-coated OMS-carbon composite to obtain a conductive polymer-coated mesoporous carbon; and doping the conductive polymer-coated mesoporous carbon with an organic electrolyte comprising a lithium salt and an organic solvent to form the mesoporous carbon composite. A supported catalyst contains the mesoporous carbon composite, and a fuel cell uses an electrode containing the mesoporous carbon composite.
摘要:
A sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon that has mesopores with an average diameter of 2 to 10 nm, a method of preparing the same, a catalyst containing the mesoporous carbon as a catalyst support, and a fuel cell using the catalyst in which the sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon has a good affinity for and adhesion to catalyst particles so as to strongly support the catalyst particles due to the sulfur atoms substituting for carbons in an OMC carbon skeleton structure. The growth of metal catalyst particles is prevented when heat-treating the metal catalyst particles. The catalyst using the sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon can be applied to a fuel cell to prevent a reduction in catalytic activity due to increased particle size by an accumulation of catalyst particles. The catalyst containing the sulfur-containing mesoporous carbon as a catalyst support can be used to manufacture a fuel cell having an improved performance.