Abstract
Cost of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) is one of the most acute setbacks delaying this technology's worldwide deployment and commercialization. Platinum, the most common and effective catalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), is a scarce element which accounts for more than 45 % of PEMFC stack cost. One of the preferred proposed paths to substantially reduce stack costs is by dramatically lowering precious metal loading in a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) to account for up to 11.3 gPt per midsize vehicle (US-DOE 2020 target). This Minireview surveys the latest synthetical and methodical advances in making and utilizing ultra-low loading precious metal ORR catalyst in PEM fuel cells.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 3434-3446 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | ChemCatChem |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 6 Jul 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was conducted as part of the mission of the Israeli Fuel Cells Consortium (part of the Israeli National Center for Electrochemical Propulsion). The authors would like to thank MAFAT, the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources and VATAT for funding this project. Oran Lori would like to thank the Israel ministry of science for their support.
Funding Information:
This work was conducted as part of the mission of the Israeli Fuel Cells Consortium (part of the Israeli National Center for Electrochemical Propulsion). The authors would like to thank MAFAT, the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure, Energy and Water Resources and VATAT for funding this project. Oran Lori would like to thank the Israel ministry of science for their support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim
Keywords
- Catalysis
- Fuel cells
- Oxygen reduction
- Ultra-low Platinum.