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Stabilization Strategies Of Pt Catalysts Forproton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Da-Ping He, Shi-Chun Mu
Stabilization Strategies Of Pt Catalysts Forproton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Da-Ping He, Shi-Chun Mu
Journal of Electrochemistry
The low service lifetime of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) is the main bottleneck for their commercial applications. One of the main factors is that the expensive metal Pt catalyst is easy to degradation under the harsh working environment of PEMFC (such as variable voltage, strong acidity, gas-liquid two-phase flow), which leads to the inevitable decay of the catalytic performance, thus, seriously restricting the lifetime of PEMFC. Therefore, the electrochemical stability of Pt-based electrocatalysts has become an important and hot topic to improve the PEMFC lifetime. In this paper, we review the recent development in enhancing the stability of …
Electrochemical Performances Of Neodymium Doped Lead Dioxide Composite Anode, Hong-Hui Wang, Ming-Jie Ma, Jie Feng, Huang-Ya Kang, Wen-Jie Huang
Electrochemical Performances Of Neodymium Doped Lead Dioxide Composite Anode, Hong-Hui Wang, Ming-Jie Ma, Jie Feng, Huang-Ya Kang, Wen-Jie Huang
Journal of Electrochemistry
Neodymium (Nd) doped titanium (Ti)-based lead dioxide (PbO2) composite anode was prepared by electrodeposition. The surface morphologies and crystal structures of the as-prepared anodes were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) technique, respectively. The electrochemical performances of PbO2-Nd anode were studied by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, linear sweep voltammetry and cyclic voltammetry. Additionally, the electrocatalytic activity and durability of PbO2-Nd anode were investigated through the degradation of simulative refractory organic wastewater of phenol. The results showed that Nd doping made the PbO2 anode surface structure dense and uniform with smaller …
Preparation And Electrochemical Performance Of Ag-Tio2-Mno2 Composites, Ling-Xiao Zhang, Hui-Hui Zhao, Li-Juan Zhang, Yu Fu
Preparation And Electrochemical Performance Of Ag-Tio2-Mno2 Composites, Ling-Xiao Zhang, Hui-Hui Zhao, Li-Juan Zhang, Yu Fu
Journal of Electrochemistry
The silver-titanium dioxide co-modified manganese dioxide (Ag-TiO2-MnO2) cathode material was prepared through high temperature solid state reaction. The microstructure, phase composition and electrochemical performance of the prepared samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Cyclic voltammetry (CV), galvanostatic discharge and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). Results showed that the unmodified and Ag-TiO2 modified MnO2 samples both exhibited β-MnO2 structurebut with different morphologies. The EDS mapping results revealed that Ag was uniformly dispersed on the surface …
Electrochemical Performance Of Moo2-C Composite Coatings, Quan-Yi Li, Qi Yang, Yan-Hong Zhao
Electrochemical Performance Of Moo2-C Composite Coatings, Quan-Yi Li, Qi Yang, Yan-Hong Zhao
Journal of Electrochemistry
The molybdenum dioxide-carbon(MoO2-C)composite coatings on the surface of Cu foils were prepared by simple knife coating route and followed by sintering in vacuum. The morphology, composition, structure and electrochemical performance of the MoO2-C composite coatings were investigated. The results demonstrated that the MoO2-C composite coatings consist of MoO2 nano-particles with monoclinic crystal structure and amorphous carbon. Some MoO2 nano-particles with a size range of 5-30nm were loaded on the surface of carbon matrices; while some MoO2 nano-particles with a size of ~5nm were encapsulated inside. The composite coatings showed porous structure …