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Carbon-Supported Ordered Pt-Ti Alloy Nanoparticles as Durable Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalyst for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells

  • Park, Hee-Young (Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)) ;
  • Jeon, Tae-Yeol (Pohang Accelerator Laboratory) ;
  • Lee, Kug-Seung (Pohang Accelerator Laboratory) ;
  • Yoo, Sung Jong (Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)) ;
  • Sung, Young-Eun (School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Seoul National University) ;
  • Jang, Jong Hyun (Fuel Cell Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST))
  • Received : 2016.08.29
  • Accepted : 2016.10.05
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

Carbon-supported ordered Pt-Ti alloy nanoparticles were prepared as a durable and efficient oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalyst for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) via wet chemical reduction of Pt and Ti precursors with heat treatment at $800^{\circ}C$. X-ray diffraction analysis confirmed that the prepared electrocatalysts with Ti precursor molar compositions of 40% (PtTi40) and 25% (PtTi25) had ordered $Pt_3Ti$ and $Pt_8Ti$ structures, respectively. Comparison of the ORR polarization before and after 1500 electrochemical cycles between 0.6 and 1.1 V showed little change in the ORR polarization curve of the electrocatalysts, demonstrating the high stability of the PtTi40 and PtTi25 alloys. Under the same conditions, commercial carbon-supported Pt nanoparticle electrocatalysts exhibited a negative potential shift (10 mV) in the ORR polarization curve after electrochemical cycling, indicating degradation of the ORR activity.

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