催化层位置对气体扩散电极性能的影响

以锌空气电池气体扩散电极为研究对象,采用分层添加催化剂的方式研究了改变催化层位置对气体扩散电极放电性能的影响.将气体扩散电极以集流体为中心分为两面:面向空气侧的A面与面向电解液侧的B面.根据催化剂添加位置的不同,制作四类电极:AB两面都添加催化剂、AB两面都不添加催化剂、只在A面添加催化剂、只在B面添加催化剂.在同等条件下对比并分析四类电极的放电效果.实验证明.当催化层位于气体扩散电极的空气侧(A面)时,整个电池的浓差极化与欧姆极化都会增大,而只在气体扩散电极靠近电解液侧(B面)添加催化剂时电极放电性能相对较好.     

电解制备二氧化锰强酸性电解液中气体扩散电极的稳定性与失效行为

采用气体扩散电极(GDE)代替传统析氢阴极电解制备二氧化锰(EMD),重点研究了气体扩散电极在强酸性MnSO4-H2SO4电解液中的稳定性、寿命及失效行为.结果表明:气体扩散电极在MnSO4-H2SO4电解液中重现性好、具有一定的稳定性,寿命可达400 h;平行实验表明,阳极沉积一定厚度的EMD是槽电压第一次升高的主要原因;电流密度为100 A m-2时,气体扩散电极失效前阴极过程的速度由氧的离子化反应和氧的扩散混合控制,失效后阴极过程由氧去极化和氢去极化共同组成,主要发生析氢反应;催化层聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)网络结构的破坏和镍网层的溶解是电极失效的原因之一;Pt的团聚降低了电极的电催化活性,是电极失效的主要原因;阴极失效是槽电压再次升高的主要原因.     

质子交换膜燃料电池梯度化膜电极

为实现质子交换膜燃料电池的高性能(高功率密度或大电流密度)、低成本(低铂载量)、长寿命发电,人们尝试在燃料电池的核心部件膜电极结构中引入梯度化设计的概念。梯度化膜电极包括膜电极中各组件的梯度化:气体扩散层的PTFE含量与孔隙率的梯度化,催化层的催化剂与Nafion用量的梯度化以及微孔层的疏水性与孔隙率的梯度化。梯度化膜电极中催化剂分布、孔隙率分布、亲/疏水性分布合理,具有良好的三相反应界面以及质子、电子、反应气体、水等多相物质高效传输通道,从而能满足在低铂载量、低加湿以及高电流密度条件下高性能稳定工作。本文整理了近几年来有关燃料电池梯度化膜电极研究的相关文献,梳理了梯度化膜电极研究发展脉络,归纳总结了各种梯度化膜电极的制备方法、性能以及构效关系,并展望了梯度化膜电极下一步研究方向,对高性能、低成本、长寿命的燃料电池开发具有指导意义。     

应用于锌-空气电池的新型碳载钴-聚噻吩复合催化剂

采用化学氧化聚合法合成了以碳为载体的钴-聚噻吩复合物(Co-PTh/C)作为气体扩散电极氧还原催化剂。 通过扫描电子显微镜-能量色散X射线能谱（SEM-EDX）、透射电子显微镜（TEM）等测试技术对催化剂进行表征。 结果表明,Co-PTh/C催化剂颗粒的粒径为10~30 nm,且分布均匀。 利用极化曲线、交流阻抗等电化学方法测试了其在碱性介质中(6 mol/L KOH)对氧还原的催化性能。 此催化剂在碱性介质中空气气氛条件下,电极电位在-0.20 V(vs.Hg/HgO)时电流密度达到0.152 A/cm2,催化性能高于质量分数5%Pt/C,显示出优越的氧还原电催化性能。 采取催化层/集流体/扩散层的排布方式,以纯锌为负极,6 mol/L的KOH为电解液,将气体扩散电极与锌负极组装成锌-空气电池。 电池以0.075 A/cm2进行恒流放电,放电电压为1.1 V且性能稳定。     

新型气体扩散电极体系高效产H2O2的研究

以自制新型石墨/聚四氟乙烯(PTFE)气体扩散电极在无隔膜体系中进行双氧水发生工艺的优化研究, 主要探讨了不同石墨和PTFE质量比、阴极电位、pH值和氧气流速对H2O2产率的影响. 结果表明, 以石墨和PTFE质量比为2:1的气体扩散电极为阴极, 在pH=3, Na2SO4浓度为0.1 mol•L−1, 氧气流速为0.4 L•min−1, 阴极电位为−0.55 V (vs SCE)时, 2 h后H2O2可以达到60 mg•L−1. 该新型体系有较高的H2O2产率和电流效率(可达60%以上), 且pH值适用范围较广, 可望应用于水中污染物的处理.     

气体电极反应动力学的薄膜旋转圆盘电极方法研究

薄膜旋转圆盘电极方法是一种常用的评价气体物质在纳米电催化剂上的反应活性的方法,但是在数据分析过程中经常忽视了气体反应物在催化剂层中到活性位点的传质可能对估算的反应动力学参数的影响.本文以氧电极反应为例,使用薄膜旋转圆盘电极研究了不同担载量Pt/C电极的氧还原活性.实验结果表明,根据Koutecky-Levich方程求算相同电位下的"表观动力学电流密度"(对Pt活性面积归一化的mA/cm2Pt)或比质量电流(mA/μg Pt)随Pt担载量的减小而增大,说明在估算动力学电流时不能忽略O2在催化剂层中的扩散传质,而气体在催化剂层中的传质与催化剂层的结构、厚度、纳米催化剂的分散度等密切相关.建议在使用薄膜旋转圆盘电极方法来研究纳米催化剂气体电极反应活性时,首先系统考察担载量、分散度与催化剂层厚的影响,然后根据不同担载量催化剂归一化后的动力学电流密度(或比质量电流)-电势曲线是否重合来验证得到的是否是真实的动力学电流,从而得到更为准确的评价结果.     

SnO2/GDE阴极的制备及电催化还原CO2产甲酸性能

采用低温水热合成法制备了碳纸基底的SnO₂气体扩散电极(SnO₂/GDE), 并对其物化特性与催化还原CO₂产甲酸性能进行了研究. 扫描电子显微镜、 X射线衍射及X射线光电子能谱表征结果表明, 在60, 75, 100 ℃下制备的催化剂均为分散性良好的纳米SnO₂粉体, 其粒径分别为7.9, 11.8和12.9 nm. 循环伏安、 线性扫描伏安和电化学交流阻抗测试结果显示电极均具有优异的电催化活性, 其电化学活性表面积分别为150, 470, 240 cm ², 通过等效电路拟合后电阻分别为8.5, 3.9, 6.6 Ω·cm ². 在-1.8 V(vs. SCE)电位下电解, 通入电量500 C时, 电极都具有较高电催化还原CO₂产甲酸性能, 而75 ℃下制备的电极性能最佳, 产甲酸电流密度为22.8 mA/cm ² , 产甲酸法拉第效率高达93.5%; 该电极经过20 h长时间电解后, 产甲酸电流密度可维持在12.8 mA/cm ² , 产甲酸法拉第效率稳定在约65%.     

β-MnO2纳米带的制备及其电催化氧还原活性

在150℃水热条件下,以十六烷基三甲基溴化铵为模板,用HMnO4氧化MnSO4,得到的反应产物通过X射线衍射和扫描电镜测试表明为β-MnO2纳米带.分别用β-MnO2纳米带和电解二氧化锰(EMD)作为氧还原催化剂冷压制成气体扩散电极,在6 mol/L KOH水溶液中进行稳态极化测试.结果表明,β-MnO2纳米带的电极电位比EMD正移30~60mV,当催化膜中β-MnO2纳米带的含量在35%时催化活性最高.在一般锌/空气电池的工作电流密度40 mA/cm2下,通过电池放电测试得到β-MnO2的工作电压达到1.12V.     

气体扩散电极参数对阴离子交换膜燃料电池性能的影响

优化了碱性阴离子交换膜燃料电池（AAEMFC）使用的气体扩散电极（GDE）,发现催化层中PTFE含量与催化剂担载量对电池性能与其电化学动力学特征影响很大.采用i-V曲线,开路电压,电池内阻与在线的电化学阻抗谱与动力学分析,评估了所制GDE的电化学性能.在所研究的AAEMFC电极催化层中,PTFE的最佳含量是20%,Pt载量对膜电极三相界面、催化层导电性与催化剂利用率的影响极大.当制备的GDE催化层中Pt/C的Pt载量为1.0mg/cm²,PTFE含量为20%时,AAEMFC的峰电流密度在50^oC达到了213mW/cm².兼顾Pt催化剂的利用率与成本,在没有明显影响电池性能的情况下,Pt的担载量可降至0.5mg/cm².     

气体扩散层中聚四氟乙烯的分布对质子交换膜燃料电池水淹的影响

通过在不同真空度下进行碳纸的聚四氟乙烯（PTFE）浸渍处理,考察了PTFE在碳纸中的分布对燃料电池水淹情况的影响. 碳纸PTFE浸渍过程中,抽真空作用可以将碳纸微孔中存留的空气移除,使PTFE更均匀地扩散到内部微孔中. 碳纸的断面电镜照片显示真空浸渍可以改善PTFE的分布. 在总浸渍量相同时,由于真空浸渍使更多的PTFE进入到碳纸内部微孔,故其表面的PTFE比例减少. 实验进一步考察了碳纸中亲水孔和憎水孔的分布,结果表明真空浸渍处理的碳纸具有更高比例的憎水孔. 将不同处理方法的碳纸制备成膜电极,通过全尺寸电池考察其性能,结果表明PTFE的均匀分布可以改善电池性能,并且电化学阻抗分析表明其有利于改善水淹问题.     

Gas Diffusion Electrodes for Use in an Amperometric Enzyme Biosensor

The preparation of gas diffusion electrodes and their use in an amperometric enzyme biosensor for the direct detection of a gaseous analyte is described. The gas diffusion electrodes are prepared by covering a PTFE membrane (thickness 250 μm, pore size 2 μm, porosity 35%) with gold, platinum, or a graphite/PTFE mixture. Gold and platinum are deposited by e‐beam sputtering, whereas the graphite/PTFE layer is prepared by vacuum filtration of a respective aqueous suspension. These gas diffusion electrodes are exemplarily implemented as working electrodes in an amperometric biosensor for gaseous formaldehyde containing NAD‐dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase from P. putida [EC. 1.2.1.46] as enzyme and 1,2‐naphthoquinone‐4‐sulfonic acid as electrochemical mediator. The resulting sensors are compared with regard to background current, signal noise, linear range, sensitivity, and detection limit. In this respect, sensors with gold or graphite/PTFE covered membranes outclass ones with platinum for this particular analyte and sensor configuration.     

Mass transfer in porous systems, flooded in part with water, of gas diffusion and catalytic layers of the cathode of a fuel cell with a solid polymer electrolyte

Mass transfer in porous gas diffusion and catalytic layers of the cathode of a hydrogen-air fuel cell with a solid polymer electrolyte is considered. The transport processes are considered with allowance made for the partial flooding of porous systems of these layers with water, which forms during the fuel cell operation. The consideration also allows for the influence of the diluent gas present when air oxygen is used as the oxidant. The fraction of water-flooded pores is calculated within percolation theory as a function of structural parameters of the porous system. Conditions leading to the beginning of the gas diffusion layer flooding are presented.     

Self-accelerating chlorine evolution on porous anodes of finite thickness

Operation of a finite-thickness porous electrode under the chlorine evolution conditions is analyzed in the framework of the convective diffusion model. According to calculations, the gas evolution in the anode’s porous coating is a necessary but insufficient condition for the self-acceleration of the electrode process. Despite the gas evolution process in the anode pores, the anodic process on the low-activity electrodes decelerates, which is externally manifested in an increased Tafel slope of the polarization curve as compared with that for a smooth electrode. Self-acceleration of the anodic chlorine evolution takes place only on electrodes with true exchange currents in excess of 10^-4 A cm^-2. Externally, the self-acceleration effect manifests itself in the emergence of a low-polarizability portion in the high-current region of the polarization curve. Such a different effect of the gas evolution process on the chlorine reaction kinetics at porous electrodes of different catalytic activity is due to an altered balance between the diffusive and convective current constituents in the overall process rate following a change in the exchange current for either electrode.     

纳米碳管作为氧扩散电极催化层第二相碳载体的电极特性

A novel gas diffusion electrode using binary carbon supports (carbon nanotubes and active carbon) as the catalyst layer was prepared. The electrochemical properties for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in alkaline electrolyte were investigated by polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy. The results show that the binary-support electrode exhibits higher electrocatalytic activity than the single-support electrode, and the best performance is obtained when the mass ratio of carbon nanotubes and activated carbon is 50 ∶50. The results from their electrode kinetic parameters indicate that the introduction of carbon nanotubes as a secondary support provides high accessible surface area, good electronic conductivity and fast ORR kinetics. The electrocatalytic activity of binary-support electrodes is obviously improved by the deposition of Pt nanoparticles on carbon nanotubes, even at very low Pt loading (45.7 μg/cm2). In addition, the EIS analysis results show that the process of ORR may be controlled by diffusion of oxygen in the thin film for binary-support electrodes with or without Pt catalyst.     

Auto-inhibition of hydrogen gas evolution on gold in aqueous acid solution

It was demonstrated recently that dramatic changes in the redox behaviour of gold/aqueous solution interfaces may be observed following either cathodic or thermal electrode pretreatment. Further work on the cathodic pretreatment of gold in acid solution revealed that as the activity of the gold surface was increased, its performance as a substrate for hydrogen gas evolution under constant potential conditions deteriorated. The change in activity of the gold atoms at the interface, which was attributed to a hydrogen embrittlement process (the occurrence of the latter was subsequently checked by surface microscopy), was confirmed, as in earlier work, by the appearance of a substantial anodic peak at ca. 0.5 V (RHE) in a post-activation positive sweep. Changes in the catalytic activity of a metal surface reflect the fact that the structure (or topography), thermodynamic activity and electronic properties of a surface are dependent not only on pretreatment but also, in the case of the hydrogen evolution reaction, vary with time during the course of reaction. As will be reported shortly, similar (and often more dramatic) time-dependent behaviour was observed for hydrogen gas evolution on other metal electrodes. Electronic Publication     

活性炭表面性质对氧气扩散电极电催化性能的影响

 分别采用硝酸和空气氧化处理制得具有不同表面性质的粉末活性炭,并以此为催化层材料制成炭基氧气扩散电极,测定了不同电极的极化曲线和电化学阻抗谱. N2物理吸附和He程序升温脱附(He-TPD)研究表明,硝酸处理对活性炭孔结构的影响较小,但可使其表面含氧基团明显增加; 而空气氧化处理则会导致活性炭的中孔面积和孔容显著增大,但对表面含氧基团的影响较小. 极化曲线和电化学阻抗谱研究发现,当活性炭的孔结构相近时,电极的催化性能随着表面含氧基团的增多而急剧下降; 当活性炭表面含氧基团的量相近时,中孔孔容增大将导致电极催化性能的恶化. 与活性炭表面含氧基团相比,孔结构对氧气扩散电极的电化学性能具有更显著的影响.     

Pt纳米粒子修饰的多孔硅电极的制备及其电催化性能

通过循环伏安法电沉积使直径约为7 nm的Pt纳米粒子均匀地分散于多孔硅表面, 拟用作微型质子交换膜燃料电池的催化电极. 与刷涂法相比较, 电沉积Pt纳米粒子的多孔硅电极(Pt/Si)呈现出高的Pt利用率和增强的电催化活性. 当Pt载量为0.38 mg•cm−2时, 其电化学活性比表面积高达148 cm2•mg−1, 是刷涂相近质量的纳米Pt/C催化剂的多孔硅电极Pt-C/Si的2倍多；该修饰电极对甲醇氧化也呈现了增强的催化性能和好的稳定性, 在0.5 V(vs SCE)极化1 h后电流密度为4.52 mA•cm−2, 而刷涂了相近Pt量的Pt-C/Si电极的电流密度只有0.36 mA•cm−2.