Comparative study for electrochemical and Single-Cell performance of a novel MXene-Supported Platinum–Ruthenium catalyst for Direct methanol fuel cell application

Abdullah, N. and Rahman, S. and Mohd Zainoodin, A. and Aslfattahi, N. (2022) Comparative study for electrochemical and Single-Cell performance of a novel MXene-Supported Platinum–Ruthenium catalyst for Direct methanol fuel cell application. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry, 925: 116884. ISSN 0022-0728

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Abstract

Direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) is one of the reliable sources of energy owing to numerous benefits it offers and its suitability for portable electronic applications. Therefore, this study aims to overcome the main issues confronting anodic electrocatalyst part by introducing the novel formulation of platinum–ruthenium (PtRu) bimetal into the 2D Ti3C2Tx structure to boost the electrocatalytic activity and single-cell performance. A comparative study for electrochemical measurement and DMFC performance is conducted between as-synthesized electrocatalyst PtRu/Ti3C2Tx and two other electrocatalysts, PtRu/C and Pt/C. This comparative study between electrocatalyst revealed that PtRu/Ti3C2Tx exhibits the highest electrochemical surface area (55 m2 g-1), electrocatalytic and intrinsic activity (449 mA mgPtRu−1/ 1.36 mA cmECSA−2), carbon monoxide tolerance (1.56), and smallest charge-transfer resistance (2.66 Ω) compared with other electrocatalysts. Furthermore, the validation by DMFC single-cell test showed that PtRu/Ti3C2Tx electrocatalyst improves the performance almost 70 % compared to the Pt/C electrocatalyst. This excellent electrochemical and single-cell performance of PtRu/Ti3C2Tx electrocatalyst validates its potential to be one of the promising candidates for the anodic electrocatalyst in DMFC application.

Item Type:

Journal Article

Journal or Publication Title:

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Additional Information:

This is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry, 925, 2022 DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2022.116884

Subjects:

?? anodic electrocatalystdirect methanol fuel cellelectrochemical measurementmxenesingle cell performance ??

Departments:

Faculty of Science and Technology > Engineering

ID Code:

178574

Deposited By:

ep_importer_pure

Deposited On:

04 Nov 2022 10:10

Refereed?:

Yes