• 文献标题:   Boosting the performance of formic acid microfluidic fuel cell: Oxygen annealing enhanced Pd@graphene electrocatalyst
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI DW, XU H, ZHANG L, LEUNG DYC, VILELA F, WANG HZ, XUAN J
  • 作者关键词:   fuel cell, graphene, annealing, co tolerance
  • 出版物名称:   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
  • ISSN:   0360-3199 EI 1879-3487
  • 通讯作者地址:   Heriot Watt Univ
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.05.019
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

A new oxygen-annealing treatment for Pd supported on graphene was employed to enhance the electro-catalytic performance in formic acid microfluidic fuel cells. Experiments show that both the electro-oxidation reactivity and CO tolerance of the annealed catalyst are significantly improved. When testing the fuel cell, the maximum power density with annealed catalyst is 41% higher than the unannealed Pd@graphene catalyst, and 85% higher than Pd@Vulcan XC-72. This enhancement is attributed to the Pd-O bond formation during the oxygen annealing step, which induces greater CO electro-oxidation reactivity. (C) 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.