Method of evaluating the performance of fuel cell cathode catalysts, corresponding cathode catalysts and fuel cell

• Main Authors: KASAI HIDEAKI, NOBUHARA KUNIHIRO, DINO WILSON AGERICO TAN, NAKANISHI HIROSHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 15.04.2009
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING

A method for accurately evaluating the performance of fuel-cell electrode catalysts, a method of search for fuel-cell electrode catalysts having excellent performance, and fuel-cell electrode catalysts having new and excellent catalytic activity searched for by the above method. In a method for evaluating the performance of fuel-cell electrode catalysts composed of conductive carriers on which catalytic metal is supported, the oxygen atom adsorption energy on the catalytic metal surface obtained through a molecular simulation analysis is used as an indicator of the performance evaluation. Suitable catalysts consist of Pt-Au or Pt-Au-B, wherein B is one or more metal chosen from the group of chrome (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), rhodium (Rh) and palladium (Pd) and wherein the content of Au is 6 atom% or less.