Enhanced stability of Pt electrocatalysts by nitrogen doping in CNTs for PEM fuel cells |
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| Authors: | Yougui Chen Jiajun Wang Hao Liu Ruyin Li Xueliang Sun Siyu Ye Shanna Knights |
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| Affiliation: | aDepartment of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street N., London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B9;bBallard Power Systems Inc., 9000 Glenlyon Parkway, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5J 5J8 |
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| Abstract: | Electrochemical stabilities of Pt deposited on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes (CNx) of different nitrogen contents are compared with accelerated durability tests (ADT) for the first time. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) images reveal the different structures of CNTs and CNx, and the decrease of Pt particle size with the nitrogen incorporation into CNTs. Based on the loss of electrochemical surface area (ESA) and TEM images, Pt/CNx exhibited much higher stability than Pt/CNTs, and the Pt stability increases with the increase of nitrogen contents in the CNx supports. |
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| Keywords: | Fuel cells PEM fuel cells Carbon nanotubes Nitrogen-doped carbon nanotubes Pt stability |
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