Sequential Capacitive Deposition of Ionic Liquids for Conformal Thin Film Coatings on Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysts
Ionic liquid (IL)-modified carbon-supported catalysts have demonstrated significant improvements in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. However, transition of this result from the half-cell to the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) has been challenging. Presented here is a processing m...
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Published in | ACS catalysis Vol. 9; no. 10; pp. 9311 - 9316 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
American Chemical Society
04.10.2019
American Chemical Society (ACS) |
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Summary: | Ionic liquid (IL)-modified carbon-supported catalysts have demonstrated significant improvements in oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity. However, transition of this result from the half-cell to the proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) has been challenging. Presented here is a processing methodology that yields the formation of a thin (<2 nm) conformal IL coating on the surface of both three-dimensional electrocatalysts and bulk single crystals through the sequential capacitive deposition (SCD) of anionic and cationic components and their subsequent condensation into a hydrophobic, protic IL. SCD shows promise for IL incorporation into preformed PEMFC catalyst layers. |
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Bibliography: | EE0007271 USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) |
ISSN: | 2155-5435 2155-5435 |
DOI: | 10.1021/acscatal.9b03157 |