Anode catalysts for direct hydrazine fuel cells: from laboratory test to an electric vehicle

Alexey Serov; Monica Padilla; Aaron J Roy; Plamen Atanassov; Tomokazu Sakamoto; Koichiro Asazawa; Hirohisa Tanaka

doi:10.1002/anie.201404734

Anode catalysts for direct hydrazine fuel cells: from laboratory test to an electric vehicle

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2014 Sep 22;53(39):10336-9. doi: 10.1002/anie.201404734. Epub 2014 Aug 12.

Authors

Alexey Serov¹, Monica Padilla, Aaron J Roy, Plamen Atanassov, Tomokazu Sakamoto, Koichiro Asazawa, Hirohisa Tanaka

Affiliation

¹ Chemical & Nuclear Engineering Department, UNM Center for Emerging Energy Technologies, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131 (USA).

PMID: 25115735
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201404734

Abstract

Novel highly active electrocatalysts for hydrazine hydrate fuel cell application were developed, synthesized and integrated into an operation vehicle prototype. The materials show in both rotating disc electrode (RDE) and membrane electrode assembly (MEA) tests the world highest activity with peak current density of 16,000 A g(-1) (RDE) and 450 mW cm(-2) operated in air (MEA).

Keywords: fuel cells; hydrazine hydrate; membrane electrode assembly; nickel; supported catalysts.