In recent years, the scale of use of fuel cells (FCs) has been increasing continuously. One of the essential elements that affect their work is a catalyst. Precious metals (mainly platinum) are known for their hig...In recent years, the scale of use of fuel cells (FCs) has been increasing continuously. One of the essential elements that affect their work is a catalyst. Precious metals (mainly platinum) are known for their high efficiency as FC catalysts. However, their high cost holds back the FCs from application on a large scale. Therefore, catalysts that do not contain precious metals are sought. Studies are focused mainly on the search for fuel electrode catalysts, but for the efficiency of FCs also the oxygen electrode catalyst is of great significance. The paper presents an analysis of the possibilitiesof using Ni-Co alloy as a catalyst for the oxygen electrode of the FC.展开更多
基金supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology International Cooperation Program,China(2010DFA64080)National High Technology Research and Development Program of China(863)(2011AA11A275)~~
基金The project was supported by the National Key Basic Research Program of China(973)(2010CB732303)National Natural Science Foundation of China(21173173,21073148,21033006)+2 种基金Program for Innovative Research Team of the Ministry of Education of China(IRT1036)National Foundation for Fostering Talents of Basic Science,China(J1030415)Key Scientific Project of Fujian Province,China(2009HZ0002-1)~~
文摘In recent years, the scale of use of fuel cells (FCs) has been increasing continuously. One of the essential elements that affect their work is a catalyst. Precious metals (mainly platinum) are known for their high efficiency as FC catalysts. However, their high cost holds back the FCs from application on a large scale. Therefore, catalysts that do not contain precious metals are sought. Studies are focused mainly on the search for fuel electrode catalysts, but for the efficiency of FCs also the oxygen electrode catalyst is of great significance. The paper presents an analysis of the possibilitiesof using Ni-Co alloy as a catalyst for the oxygen electrode of the FC.