Affiliation:
1. State Key Laboratory of Chemical Resource Engineering, Laboratory of Electrochemical Process and Technology for materials, Beijing University of Chemical Technology , Beijing 100029 , China
Abstract
AbstractHigh-purity of hydrogen is vital to the guarantee of end usage in proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) electric vehicles (EVs) with superior durability and low expense. However, the currently employed hydrogen, primarily from fossil fuel, still contains some poisoning impurities that significantly affect the durability of PEMFCs. Here, we investigate the poisoning effect of several typical hydrogen impurities (S2–, Cl–, HCOO– and CO32–) on the hydrogen oxidation reaction (HOR) of the state-of-the-art carbon-supported platinum (Pt/C) catalyst used in the PEMFC anode. Electrochemical results indicate that the electrochemically active surface area of Pt/C is hampered by these hydrogen impurities with reduced effective Pt reactive sites due to the competitive adsorption against hydrogen at Pt sites showing the extent of the poisoning on Pt sites in the order: S2– > Cl– > HCOO– > CO32–. Density functional theory calculations reveal that the adsorption energy of S2– on Pt (111) is greater than that of Cl–, HCOO– and CO2, and the electronic structure of Pt is found to be changed due to the adsorption of impurities showing the downshift of the d-band centre of Pt that weakens the adsorption of hydrogen on the Pt sites. This work provides valuable guidance for future optimization of hydrogen quality and also emphasizes the importance of anti-poisoning anode catalyst development, especially towards H2S impurities that seriously affect the durability of PEMFCs.
Funder
National Key R&D Program of China
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Energy Engineering and Power Technology,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment,Environmental Engineering
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