Effect of Non-ionic Surfactant on Fe-N-C Catalyst Layers under HT-PEMFC Conditions
The effect of different non-ionic surfactant contents on Fe-N-C gas diffusion electrode (GDE) coating and performance is investigated. GDEs are tested under high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) conditions at 160 °C and concentrated phosphoric acid electrolyteFe-N-C-base...
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Veröffentlicht in: | ECS transactions 2024-09, Vol.114 (5), p.339-350 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The effect of different non-ionic surfactant contents on Fe-N-C gas diffusion electrode (GDE) coating and performance is investigated. GDEs are tested under high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (HT-PEMFC) conditions at 160 °C and concentrated phosphoric acid electrolyteFe-N-C-based GDEs are fabricated through ultrasonic spray coating with Tergitol contents of 0, 1, 20 and 50 wt% in the catalyst layer (CL). Thereby, the PTFE to catalyst ratio is kept constant at 1.0 in the CL. The H 2 O contact angle decreases with increasing Tergitol™ content in the CL, revealing an increased wettability. H 3 PO 4 contact angles of Tergitol containing GDEs show a same wettability at room temperature as at 160 °C. GDE half-cell setup investigations show, that Tergitol leads to flooding of the electrode by the electrolyte and coverage of the active sites by the surfactant and thus a performance decay. |
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ISSN: | 1938-5862 1938-6737 |
DOI: | 10.1149/11405.0339ecst |