AuPdPt-WC/C复合材料作为直接甲醇燃料电池阴极催化剂的性能研究

Research on the performance of AuPdPt-WC/C as a composite catalyst on cathode reaction of DMFC

本实验以碳化钨(WC)增强的Au Pd Pt-WC/C复合催化剂作为直接甲醇燃料电池(DMFC)的阴极催化剂,选取了各组元比例,温度为变量,测试了其作为DMFC催化剂的性能。首先,采用了间歇微波加热法(IHM)制备了纳米级的碳化钨(WC)颗粒,并采用还原法和真空干燥法制备了Au Pd Pt-WC/C复合催化剂,控制Au、Pd、Pt的比例,制备了两组催化剂。通过循环伏安扫描,线性伏安扫描等手段进行电化学测试,表征其氧还原的性能。结果显示,复合催化剂具有高于传统Pt/C催化剂的性能,并且与实验条件息息相关。

Our research mainly focuses on the preparation and characterization of tungsten carbide （WC） enhanced AuPdPt-WC/C composite catalyst of the cathode oxygen reduction reaction of direct methanol fuel cells （DMFC）. By using intermittent mi-crowave heating method, we firstly synthesized nano tungsten carbide particle, then we prepared two AuPdPt-WC/C catalyst of different composition through reduction method and vacuum drying method. For characterization, we controlled composition and temperature as variable and used cyclic voltammetry and linear sweep voltammetry for electrochemistry test. The results indicated that the composite catalyst has a better performance than common single Pt catalyst and its performance is influenced by operating conditions.