摘要: |
Research team at Northern Illinois University in collaboration with the Argonne National laboratory, has made significant achievements in six areas. First, researchers have shown that platinum loading can be reduced at least by factor of five-fold to below 0.1 mg/cm2 compared to currently commercially available electro-catalyst without sacrificing oxygen reduction ability. Second, loss of catalytic activities due to surface oxidation can be prevented by the newly designed polymeric metal phosphate catalysts. Third, corrosion of catalyst support surface can be minimized by boron-doped carbon materials. Fourth, performance of Nafion based MEA can be enhanced by carefully controlling the dynamics of curing process and by adding specific reinforcing materials. Fifth, bipolar plate performance can significantly improve cell performance even at high current densities through the reduction of mass transfer losses. |