Abstract
The proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) as an attractive clean power source can promise a carbon-neutral future, but the widespread adoption of PEMFCs requires a substantial reduction in the usage of the costly platinum group metal (PGM) catalysts. Ultrafine nanocatalysts are essential to provide sufficient catalytic sites at a reduced PGM loading, but are fundamentally less stable and prone to substantial size growth in long-term operations. Here we report the design of a graphene-nanopocket-encaged platinum cobalt (PtCo@Gnp) nanocatalyst with good electrochemical accessibility and exceptional durability under a demanding ultralow PGM loading (0.070 mgPGM cm-2) due to the non-contacting enclosure of graphene nanopockets. The PtCo@Gnp delivers a state-of-the-art mass activity of 1.21 A mgPGM-1, a rated power of 13.2 W mgPGM-1 and a mass activity retention of 73% after an accelerated durability test. With the greatly improved rated power and durability, we project a 6.8 gPGM loading for a 90 kW PEMFC vehicle, which approaches that used in a typical catalytic converter.
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