Pathways to ultra-low platinum group metal catalyst loading in proton exchange membrane electrolyzers

• Published in: Catalysis today Vol. 262; no. C; pp. 121 - 132
• Main Authors: Ayers, Katherine E., Renner, Julie N., Danilovic, Nemanja, Wang, Jia X., Zhang, Yu, Maric, Radenka, Yu, Haoran
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 15.03.2016; Elsevier
• Subjects: Catalyst; Core–shell; Electrolysis; Hydrogen; Manufacturing; Platinum; BNL; Hydrogen; GDE; XRD; GDL; RHE; RDE; EDS; Platinum; EDX; XPS; DOE; Manufacturing; ICP-OES; HOR; CCM; HER; Electrolysis; PGM; RSDT; PEM; Core–shell; SEM; OER; TEM; Catalyst

•Multiple methods can reduce catalyst use for proton exchange membrane electrolyzers.•Core–shell catalyst powders provide higher activity than traditional nanopowders.•Reactive spray deposition enables thin catalyst films with high activity.•Reactive spray deposition has the potential to form core–s...