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Fabrication of gas diffusion electrode via Pt electrodeposition on cathodic oxidized carbon paper as the anode for high-temperature polymer membrane fuel cell in the presence of CO

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The platinum nanoparticles were grown directly by electrodeposition process on electrochemically oxidized carbon paper (CP) and non-oxidized CP as the anode gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) for the application in ABPBI-based high-temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC). XRD, SEM, and CO stripping in the range of 40 to 120 °C were used to investigate the prepared GDEs. Results show that cathodic oxidation of CP has an effect on the CO tolerance of the anode GDE. This enhancement appears to originate from the functional oxygen groups on oxidized CP. Fuel cell results, operating with pure hydrogen at 140 °C, show 230 mW/cm2 and 160 mW/cm2 maximum power densities for cathodic oxidized and non-oxidized GDEs, respectively. It was also found that poisoning by 3% CO for cathodic oxidized electrode at 140 °C display an enhancement in the performance compared with non-oxidized electrode, so cathodic oxidized GDE could be an interesting anode for HT-PEMFCs.

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    Neda Afsham, Narges Fallah, Bahram Nassernejad & Zeinab Jabbari

  2. Department of Chemistry, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

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Afsham, N., Fallah, N., Nassernejad, B. et al. Fabrication of gas diffusion electrode via Pt electrodeposition on cathodic oxidized carbon paper as the anode for high-temperature polymer membrane fuel cell in the presence of CO. Ionics 25, 3549–3560 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11581-019-02931-8

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