On-line mass spectrometry study of carbon corrosion in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Hyung Suk Oh; Jong Gil Oh; Seungjoo Haam; Kundu Arunabha; Bumwook Roh; Inchul Hwang; Hansung Kim

doi:10.1016/j.elecom.2008.05.006

On-line mass spectrometry study of carbon corrosion in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Hyung Suk Oh, Jong Gil Oh, Seungjoo Haam, Kundu Arunabha, Bumwook Roh, Inchul Hwang, Hansung Kim

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

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Abstract

The electrochemical corrosion of carbon catalyst supports in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells is investigated by monitoring the generation of CO₂ using an on-line mass spectrometer at a constant potential of 1.4 V. Our results suggest that carbon supports with a high degree of graphitization are more corrosion-resistant, which results in a dramatic improvement of the catalyst durability. We also show that CO₂ measurements performed using on-line mass spectrometry represent a time-effective and reliable method for studying the electrochemical corrosion of carbon supports in PEM fuel cells.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1048-1051
Number of pages	4
Journal	Electrochemistry Communications
Volume	10
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elecom.2008.05.006
Publication status	Published - 2008 Jul

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This work was supported by Hyundai Motors Company and Korea Research Foundation Grant (KRF-2003-005-D00002).

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