Palladium-nickel alloys loaded on tungsten carbide as platinum-free anode electrocatalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Dong Jin Ham; Chanho Pak; Gang Hong Bae; Suenghoon Han; Kyungjung Kwon; Seon-Ah Jin; Hyuk Chang; Sun Hee Choi; Jae Sung Lee

doi:10.1039/c0cc03736b

Palladium-nickel alloys loaded on tungsten carbide as platinum-free anode electrocatalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 May 28;47(20):5792-4. doi: 10.1039/c0cc03736b. Epub 2011 Apr 14.

Authors

Dong Jin Ham¹, Chanho Pak, Gang Hong Bae, Suenghoon Han, Kyungjung Kwon, Seon-Ah Jin, Hyuk Chang, Sun Hee Choi, Jae Sung Lee

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering and Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang Accelerator laboratory (PAL), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), San 31, Hyoja-dong, Pohang 790-784, Republic of Korea.

PMID: 21494717
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc03736b

Abstract

The strong interaction between PdNi alloys and WC makes PdNi/WC a novel Pt-free electrocatalyst for the anode hydrogen oxidation reaction of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells with activity and stability comparable to those of the conventional Pt/C catalysts.