Combinatorial discovery and development of anode catalysts for direct ethanol fuel cells

这项工作的目的是发现和开发乙醇氧化（阳极）催化剂，这将有助于使直接乙醇燃料电池（DEFC）可行的运输和公用事业的应用。这将允许广泛使用乙醇作为燃料，由于燃料电池的高效率和可再生燃料的使用，大大减少了CO2排放。为了实现这一目标，我们将使用高通量的组合筛选的二元，三元和四元合金催化剂在64-electrode燃料电池与产品分析和详细的机理研究。这种技术的组合对于同时优化燃料电池的性能和效率、避免副产物的产生以及允许对催化剂的基本理解是必要的。该项目涉及加拿大燃料电池催化剂领域最强的两名研究人员，纪念大学的Peter Pickup和达尔豪西大学的Jeff Dahn之间的合作。此外，支持组织3 M Canada和3 M Co.因其在燃料电池组件开发方面的创新而获得全球认可，特别是将采用的最先进的纳米结构薄膜催化剂载体

The objective of the work is to discover and develop ethanol oxidation (anode) catalysts that would help make direct ethanol fuel cells (DEFC) viable for transportation and utility applications. This would allow widespread use of ethanol as a fuel, greatly mitigating CO2 emission due to both the high efficiencies of fuel cells and use of a renewable fuel. To achieve this objective, we will use high-throughput combinatorial screening of binary, ternary and quaternary alloy catalysts in a 64-elecrode fuel cell together with product analysis and detailed mechanistic studies. This combination of techniques is necessary to simultaneously optimize both the performance and efficiency of the fuel cell, to avoid the generation of by-products and to allow fundamental understanding of the catalysts. The project involves a collaboration between two of Canada's strongest researchers in the fuel cell catalyst area, Peter Pickup at Memorial University and Jeff Dahn at Dalhousie University. In addition, the supporting organizations, 3M Canada and 3M Co. are recognized world-wide for their innovations in fuel cell component development, particularly for the state-of-the-art nanostructured thin film catalyst support that will be employed