The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an important challenge in the development and large-scale distribution of energy conversion devices, especially low-temperature proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. In order to speed up the ORR kinetics and improve fuel cell performance, iron-doped calcium titanate (CTFO) is proposed as a cocatalyst. Fundamental physical and chemical characterizations by means of X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, and morphological and thermal analyses for the understanding of the functional features of the proposed materials were carried out. Composite catalysts containing different amounts of CTFO additive with respect to platinum (i.e., Pt:CTFO 1:0.5 and 1:1 wt:wt) were studied using a rotating disk electrode (RDE). Fuel cell tests were performed at 80 °C under 30% and 80% relative humidity. The best Pt:CTFO composite catalyst was compared to a bare Pt/C and a Pt/C:CaTiO3−δ 1:1 catalyst, revealing superior performances of the latter at high relative humidity fuel cell operation, as a combined result of an optimized electrolyte-electrode interface and improved ORR kinetics due to the inorganic additive.

An iron-doped calcium titanate cocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction / Mazzapioda, L.; Renga, R.; Navarra, M. A.. - In: CATALYSTS. - ISSN 2073-4344. - 13:1(2023), p. 127. [10.3390/catal13010127]

An iron-doped calcium titanate cocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction

Mazzapioda L.;Renga R.;Navarra M. A.
2023

Abstract

The oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an important challenge in the development and large-scale distribution of energy conversion devices, especially low-temperature proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells. In order to speed up the ORR kinetics and improve fuel cell performance, iron-doped calcium titanate (CTFO) is proposed as a cocatalyst. Fundamental physical and chemical characterizations by means of X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, and morphological and thermal analyses for the understanding of the functional features of the proposed materials were carried out. Composite catalysts containing different amounts of CTFO additive with respect to platinum (i.e., Pt:CTFO 1:0.5 and 1:1 wt:wt) were studied using a rotating disk electrode (RDE). Fuel cell tests were performed at 80 °C under 30% and 80% relative humidity. The best Pt:CTFO composite catalyst was compared to a bare Pt/C and a Pt/C:CaTiO3−δ 1:1 catalyst, revealing superior performances of the latter at high relative humidity fuel cell operation, as a combined result of an optimized electrolyte-electrode interface and improved ORR kinetics due to the inorganic additive.
2023
CaTi; 0.8; Fe; 0.2; O; 3−δ; cocatalyst; oxygen reduction reaction; PEM fuel cell
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An iron-doped calcium titanate cocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction / Mazzapioda, L.; Renga, R.; Navarra, M. A.. - In: CATALYSTS. - ISSN 2073-4344. - 13:1(2023), p. 127. [10.3390/catal13010127]
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