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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

  1. University of Bucharest, Faculty of Physics, 3Nano-SAE Research Centre, P.O. Box MG-38, 077125 Magurele, Bucharest-Romania
  2. University of Bucharest, Physical Chemistry Department, Bucharest, Romania
  3. 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