Abstract
Carbon-supported Pt-based ternary alloy electrocatalysts were prepared by incipient wetness method in order to elucidate the origin of the enhanced activity of oxygen reduction reaction in PEMFC. To measure the catalytic activity and stability of the cathode alloy catalysts (electrodes containing Pt loading of 0.3 mg/cm 2, 20 wt.% Pt/C, E-TEK), the I–V polarization curves were obtained. All alloy catalysts showed higher performances than Pt/C. It can be concluded that as platinum formed alloys with transition metals, the electronic state of Pt and the nearest neighbor Pt–Pt distance changes, which significantly influence the electrocatalytic activity for oxygen reduction. Long-term stability test was performed with the Pt 6Co 1Cr 1/C alloy catalyst for 500 h. According to XPS analysis, the lower oxide component with Pt 6Co 1Cr 1/C electrocatalyst provides a large portion of platinum in metallic species in the electrocatalyst and it seems to be mainly responsible for its enhanced activity towards oxygen reduction.
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