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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2013 Meeting
Section: Polymer Physics
Title:
Carbon aerogel based catalyst for application in PEM fuel cell
Authors:
A.M.I. Trefilov, S.M. Iordache, L. Popovici, A.E. Balan, E.C. Serban, I. Stamatin
Affiliation:
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics,3Nano-SAE Research Center, 405 Atomistilor str., Bucharest-Magurele, 077125,Romania.
E-mail
andronie@3nanosae.org
Keywords:
carbon aerogels, gas difussion layer, PEM fuel cells
Abstract:
The gas diffusion layer is a carbon based key component in PEM fuel cells and has an important role on water management and gas diffusion. As they display controllable physical proprieties (porosity, density, electrical conductivity), carbon aerogels may replace advantageously the usual carbon paper as catalyst support. The study presents the physical proprieties of different carbon aerogels and membrane electrode assemblies. A carbon-aerogel-Pt supported catalyst with 1 µm pore size distribution and medium Pt loading (0.3 mg/cm2) has been tested. Continous cycling with upper potential sweeps of 1.2 V give a electrochemical surface area of 130 g/m2.
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