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Modeling the Morphological Effects of Catalyst and Ionomer Loading on Porous Carbon Supports of PEMFC

  • We present a model of the cathode catalyst layer morphology before and after loading a porous catalyst support with Pt and ionomer. Support nanopores and catalyst particles within pores and on the support surface are described by size distributions, allowing for qualitative processes during the addition of a material phase to be dependent on the observed pore and particle size. A particular focus is put on the interplay of pore impregnation and blockage due to ionomer loading and the consequences for the Pt/ionomer interface, ionomer film thickness and protonic binding of particles within pores. We used the model to emulate six catalyst/support combinations from literature with different porosity, surface area and pore size distributions of the support as well as varying particle size distributions and ionomer/carbon ratios. Besides providing qualitatively and quantitatively accurate predictions, the model is able to explain why the protonically active catalyst surface area has been reported to not increase monotonically with ionomerWe present a model of the cathode catalyst layer morphology before and after loading a porous catalyst support with Pt and ionomer. Support nanopores and catalyst particles within pores and on the support surface are described by size distributions, allowing for qualitative processes during the addition of a material phase to be dependent on the observed pore and particle size. A particular focus is put on the interplay of pore impregnation and blockage due to ionomer loading and the consequences for the Pt/ionomer interface, ionomer film thickness and protonic binding of particles within pores. We used the model to emulate six catalyst/support combinations from literature with different porosity, surface area and pore size distributions of the support as well as varying particle size distributions and ionomer/carbon ratios. Besides providing qualitatively and quantitatively accurate predictions, the model is able to explain why the protonically active catalyst surface area has been reported to not increase monotonically with ionomer addition for some supports, but rather decrease again when the optimum ionomer content is exceeded. The proposed model constitutes a fast translation from manufacturing parameters to catalyst layer morphology which can be incorporated into existing performance and degradation models in a straightforward way.show moreshow less

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Author:Anne-Christine ScherzerORCiD, Patrick Schneider, Patrick K. Herring, Matthias Klingele, Nada Zamel, Dietmar Gerteisen
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/1945-7111/ac58c2
Identifier:0013-4651 OPAC HS OPAC extern
Parent Title (English):Journal of The Electrochemical Society
Publisher:Electrochemical Society
Place of publication:Pennington, NJ
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2022/03/07
Year of first Publication:2022
Volume:169
Article Number:034509
Number of pages:15 Seiten
Institutes:Fakultät Maschinenbau
Dewey Decimal Classification:6 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften / 60 Technik
Open Access:open_access
Research focus:FSP2: Mobilität
Publication Lists:Klingele, Matthias
Publication reviewed:begutachtet
Licence (German):Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
Release Date:2023/07/26
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