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Lifetime of Catalyst under Voltage Cycling in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Due to Platinum Oxidation and Dissolution Full article

Journal Technologies
, E-ISSN: 2227-7080
Output data Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Number: 4, Article number : 80, Pages count : 10 DOI: 10.3390/technologies9040080
Tags POLYMER-ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL, MEMBRANE DEGRADATION, PLATINUM SURFACE BLOCKAGE, PLATINUM DISSOLUTION, VOLTAGE CYCLING, ACCELERATED STRESS TEST, NONLINEAR REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEM, BUTLER-VOLMER REACTION RATE
Authors Kovtunenko Victor A. 1,2 , Karpenko-Jereb Larisa 3
Affiliations
1 Institute for Mathematics and Scientific Computing, Karl-Franzens University of Graz
2 Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Siberian Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences
3 University of Graz

Abstract: The durability of a platinum catalyst in a polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell is studied at various operating conditions with respect to the different electric potential difference (called voltage) applied in accelerated stress tests. The electrochemical reactions of Pt ion dissolution and Pt oxide coverage of the catalyst lead to the degradation of platinum described by a one-dimensional Holby–Morgan model. The theoretical study of the underlying reaction–diffusion system with the nonlinear reactions is presented by numerical simulations which allow to predict a lifetime of the catalyst under applied voltage cycling. The computer simulation investigates how the Pt mass loss depends on the voltage slope and the upper potential level in cycles.
Cite: Kovtunenko V.A. , Karpenko-Jereb L.
Lifetime of Catalyst under Voltage Cycling in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Due to Platinum Oxidation and Dissolution
Technologies. 2021. V.9. N4. 80 :1-10. DOI: 10.3390/technologies9040080 WOS Scopus РИНЦ OpenAlex
Dates:
Submitted: Oct 25, 2021
Accepted: Oct 29, 2021
Published print: Oct 31, 2021
Identifiers:
Web of science: WOS:000737359700001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85121516041
Elibrary: 60872573
OpenAlex: W3208219527
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