化学学报 ›› 2008, Vol. 66 ›› Issue (24): 2675-2680. 上一篇    下一篇

研究论文

纳米Au粒子作为直接硼氢化钠-过氧化氢燃料电池阴极催化剂

魏建良 王先友* 王 宏 杨顺毅 戴春岭 裴 斧

  

  1. (湘潭大学化学学院 湖南 湘潭 411105)

  • 投稿日期:2008-04-11 修回日期:2008-07-31 发布日期:2008-12-28
  • 通讯作者: 王先友

Performance of Nanosized Au Particle as a Cathode Catalyst for Direct Borohydride-hydrogen Peroxide Fuel Cell

WEI, Jian-Liang WANG, Xian-You* WANG, Hong YANG, Shun-Yi
DAI, Chun-Ling PEI, Fu
  

  1. (School of Chemistry, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105)

  • Received:2008-04-11 Revised:2008-07-31 Published:2008-12-28
  • Contact: WANG, Xian-You

采用浸渍还原法制备了纳米Au/C, 并将其用作直接硼氢化钠-过氧化氢燃料电池阴极催化剂. 通过X-射线衍射(XRD)和透射电镜(TEM)对催化剂进行结构和形貌分析, 结果表明10~20 nm的纳米Au粒子均匀地分散在Vulcan XC-72R碳黑表面上. 循环伏安测试表明, 在0.5 mol•L-1 H2SO4和2 mol•L-1 H2O2混合溶液中, 纳米Au/C在0.85 V处表现较强的不可逆还原电流. 以纳米Au/C为阴极催化剂, AB5储氢合金为阳极催化剂制成直接硼氢化钠-过氧化氢燃料电池. 电池在30 ℃下的最大功率密度可达到78.6 mW•cm-2. 当电池工作温度升高至50 ℃时, 电池的最大功率密度超过120 mW•cm-2. 此外, 研究了阴极溶液中H2SO4和H2O2浓度对电池性能的影响. 当阴极溶液中H2SO4浓度小于0.5 mol•L-1时, 酸浓度对电池性能影响较大; H2O2浓度对电池性能影响较小. 确定了阴极溶液中H2SO4和H2O2的最佳浓度分别为0.5和2 mol•L-1.

关键词: 过氧化氢, 电还原, 浸渍还原, 直接硼氢化钠-过氧化氢燃料电池

Nanosized Au particles were prepared as a cathode catalyst for the direct borohydride-hydrogen peroxide fuel cell (DBHFC) by impregnation methods. The structure and surface morphology of the carbon-supported gold catalyst (Au/C) were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). It was found that 10~20 nm Au particles deposited on Vulcan XC-72R carbon black. The cyclic voltammogram (CV) results showed that the onset of reduction current on the Au/C occurred at 0.85 V in 0.5 mol•L-1 H2SO4 and 2 mol•L-1 H2O2. Also, a simple DBHFC was presented in which the Au/C was used as the cathode catalyst and a hydrogen storage alloy as the anode catalyst. The maximum power density of 78.6 mW•cm-2 was obtained at 30 ℃. When operated at 50 ℃, the DBHFC gave a higher than 120 mW•cm-2 power density. Furthermore, the effect of H2SO4 and H2O2 concentrations on the performance of DBHFC was described. The results exhibited that the performance of DBHFC had a strong dependence on the acid concentrations when H2SO4 concentration was lower then 0.5 mol•L-1, while the H2O2 concentrations had little influence on the performance of DBHFC. The results showed that the optimum concentrations of H2SO4 and H2O2 were 0.5 and 2 mol•L-1, respectively.

Key words: hydrogen peroxide, electro-reduction, impregnation, direct borohydride-hydrogen peroxide fuel cell