Ag nanoparticles on mesoporous carbon support as cathode catalyst for anion exchange membrane fuel cell

Jonas Mart Linge; Heiki Erikson; Marek Mooste; Helle Mai Piirsoo; Tiit Kaljuvee; Arvo Kikas; Jaan Aruväli; Vambola Kisand; Aile Tamm; Arunachala M. Kannan; Kaido Tammeveski

doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.12.138

Ag nanoparticles on mesoporous carbon support as cathode catalyst for anion exchange membrane fuel cell

Jonas Mart Linge
, Heiki Erikson
, Marek Mooste
, Helle Mai Piirsoo
, Tiit Kaljuvee
, Arvo Kikas
, Jaan Aruväli
, Vambola Kisand
, Aile Tamm
, Arunachala M. Kannan
, Kaido Tammeveski

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Abstract

Silver nanocatalyst (40 wt%) is deposited on commercial mesoporous carbon support material (Ag/C) using two different wet chemical methods, to obtain high electrochemically active surface area. The catalyst materials are characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis and are evaluated toward the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline media employing the rotating disk electrode method. It is worth noting that the Ag/C leads to oxygen reduction through a direct four-electron pathway in alkaline medium. The silver catalyst on mesoporous carbon exhibits relatively higher mass activity for ORR (38 A g⁻¹) compared to that with Vulcan carbon (32 A g⁻¹) at −0.2 V vs SCE at room temperature. Anion exchange membrane fuel cell shows maximum power density of 310 mW cm⁻² with Ag/C cathode catalyst using H₂ and O₂ gases at 65% RH conditions at 65 °C.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11058-11070
Number of pages	13
Journal	International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Volume	48
Issue number	29
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.12.138
State	Published - Apr 5 2023
Externally published	Yes

Funding

The present work was financially supported by the Estonian Research Council (grants PRG723 and PRG4 ). This research was also supported by the EU through the European Regional Development Fund ( TK141 , “Advanced materials and high-technology devices for energy recuperation systems”; TK134, “Emerging orders in quantum and nanomaterials”). The authors would like to thank Professor Steven Holdcroft (Simon Fraser University, Canada) for providing the anion exchange membrane and ionomer.

Keywords

Ag nanoparticle
Anion exchange membrane fuel cell
Mesoporous carbon support
Oxygen reduction reaction

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Linge, J. M., Erikson, H., Mooste, M., Piirsoo, H. M., Kaljuvee, T., Kikas, A., Aruväli, J., Kisand, V., Tamm, A., Kannan, A. M., & Tammeveski, K. (2023). Ag nanoparticles on mesoporous carbon support as cathode catalyst for anion exchange membrane fuel cell. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 48(29), 11058-11070. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2022.12.138

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