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The role of carbon support morphology in the formation of catalytic layer of solid-polymer fuel cell

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The Pt/C catalysts with similar morphology of active catalytic phase (platinum nanoparticles), which were deposited on the supports with different types of carbon structures (Vulkan XC-72 carbon black, Taunit carbon tubes, and Timrex HSAG-300 carbon support with graphite structure), were fabricated by the method of electrochemical dispersion. The effect of the carbon structure type on the electrocatalytic properties of Pt/C catalysts was studied in their operation in the three-electrode cell and in-service in the membrane-electrode assembly of air-hydrogen solid-polymer fuel cell. The Pt/C catalyst based on the Vulkan XC-72 carbon support showed the best performance. The anisotropic shape of Taunit carbon nanotubes and the microstructure of Timrex HSAG-300 carbon support do not allow us to form a catalytic layer with a large active platinum surface area and a structure, which provides an effective ionic transport and mass exchange near the platinum surface.

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  1. Platov South-Russian State Polytechnic University (NPI), ul. Prosveshcheniya 132, Novocherkassk, Rostov Region, 346428, Russia

    N. V. Smirnova, A. B. Kuriganova & K. S. Novikova

  2. Institute of Problems of Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. Akad. Semenova 1, Chernogolovka, Moscow oblast, 142432, Russia

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Smirnova, A.B. Kuriganova, K.S. Novikova, E.V. Gerasimova, 2014, published in Elektrokhimiya, 2014, Vol. 50, No. 9, pp. 999–1003.

This publication was prepared based on a lecture delivered at the All Russian Conference with international participation “Fuel Cells and Power Plants,” Chernogolovka, 2013.

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Smirnova, N.V., Kuriganova, A.B., Novikova, K.S. et al. The role of carbon support morphology in the formation of catalytic layer of solid-polymer fuel cell. Russ J Electrochem 50, 899–903 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193514070143

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