Catalysis Research for Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells (CARPE-FC)

质子交换膜燃料电池（PEMFC）作为一种清洁的能源转换技术，正得到大力发展 装置.有前途的近期市场应用包括材料处理（例如，叉车），备用电源， 住宅热电联产，车队车辆（例如，公交车、出租车）和便携式电子产品，但影响力更大的 燃料电池的应用在于商业汽车领域，这具有很大的潜力，以减少 温室气体排放和空气污染。 完全商业化的一个重要技术障碍是每一个过程需要大量的Pt电催化剂。 燃料电池，其必须显著降低到< 0.1 gPt/kW，以便系统与 汽车行业的内燃机（-30美元/千瓦）。该拟议网络的目标是 将研究人员和合作伙伴聚集在一起，共同目标是主要通过以下方式降低燃料电池成本 降低燃料电池中的Pt需求，但其差异足以影响所有PEMFC商业部门 在加拿大该计划将包括两个研究主题：电催化，其中超低铂含量 将研究催化剂和非铂族金属（PGM）催化剂;和催化剂层（CL）和 传输现象，将研究CL和膜电极的特殊适应设计 组件，减轻了苛刻的要求ofthermal，水，质子，和气体运输。 该网络将以发现新催化剂和先进支撑层的形式促进创新 稳定超低铂含量的结构。该网络将通过以下方面的专家合作运作： 材料化学，材料科学与工程，表面电化学，电催化，分子 和纳米传输理论和测量，它将促进大学之间的伙伴关系， 政府和工业研究实验室。

Proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) are being aggressively developed as clean energy conversion devices. Promising near-term market applications include materials handling (e.g., fork lifts), backup power, residential co-generation, fleet vehicles (e.g., buses, taxis), and pOltable electronics, but the more impactful application of fuel cells lies in the commercial automotive sector, which has a great potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution. A significant technical barrier to full commercialization is the high amount of Pt electrocatalyst required per fuel cell, which must be reduced significantly to < 0.1 gPt/kW, in order for the system to be competitive with the internal combustion engine (-$30/kW) in the automotive sector. The objective of this proposed Network is to bring together researchers and partners with the common goal of reducing fuel cell costs primarily by reducing the Pt requirement in fuel cells, but it is sufficiently diverse to impact all PEMFC commercial sectors in Canada. This program will encompass two research themes: Electrocatalysis, in which ultra low Pt content catalysts and non-platinum group metal (PGM) catalysts will be investigated; and Catalyst Layers (CLs) and Transport Phenomena, which will investigate specifically-adapted designs of CLs and membrane electrode assemblies that alleviate the demanding requirements ofthermal, water, proton, and gas transport. The network will foster innovation in the form of discovery of new catalysts and advanced support layer structures that stabilize ultra-low levels ofPt. The network will operate through a collaboration of expetts in materials chemistry, materials science and engineering, surface electrochemistty, electrocatalysis, molecular and nanoscopic transport theory and measurement, and it will facilitate partnership between university, governmental and industrial research laboratories.