Catalyst FeNi supported on nanometric mezoporous oxide for PEMFC applications
E. C. SERBAN1,
N. BANU1,
A. C. MARINESCU1,
A. M. I. TREFILOV1,
A. ANDRONIE-BALAN1,
S. M. IORDACHE1,
A. CUCU1,
C. CEAUS1,
O. CINTEZA2,
S. STAMATIN3,
I. STAMATIN1,*
Affiliation
- University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, 3Nano-SAE Research Centre, P.O. Box MG-38, 077125 Magurele, Bucharest-Romania
- University of Bucharest, Physical Chemistry Department, Bucharest, Romania
- University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, DK-5230 Odense, Denmark
Abstract
Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are studied intensive for hydrogen – oxygen couple conversion into electrical power via electro-chemical process. Electrocatalyst performances (defined by specific area and catalytic activity) represent a key point for hydrogen oxidation – anode reaction. Pt is a representative catalyst in these applications, but it has a few drawbacks, such as CO poisoning. The present work is focused on the study of catalytic activity of nanometric Iron (Fe) - Nickel (Ni) couple deposited on TiO2 / SiO2 materials..
Keywords
PEMFC, FeNi catalyst, TiO2/SiO2, Sol-gel.
Citation
E. C. SERBAN, N. BANU, A. C. MARINESCU, A. M. I. TREFILOV, A. ANDRONIE-BALAN, S. M. IORDACHE, A. CUCU, C. CEAUS, O. CINTEZA, S. STAMATIN, I. STAMATIN, Catalyst FeNi supported on nanometric mezoporous oxide for PEMFC applications, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 5, 11, November 2011, pp.1248-1251 (2011).
Submitted at: Oct. 24, 2011
Accepted at: Nov. 23, 2011