OC09 Activity, Durability, and Structure of a Chemically-Dealloyed Platinum-Cobalt Catalyst for PEM Fuel Cells

Monday, June 6, 2011: 2:10 PM
Cartier Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Zhiqiang Yu1, Junliang Zhang1, Zhongyi Liu1, Frederick T. Wagner1, Ratndeep Srivastava2, Xiaobing Zhu3 and Peter Strasser4, (1)Research & Development, General Motors, Honeoye Falls, NY, (2)Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, (3)Department of Chemistry, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany, (4)Department of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering Division, Technical University Berlin, Berlin, Germany
A dealloyed platinium cobalt catalyst supported on high surface area carbon is synthesized and tested on fuel cells as the cathode catalyst.  It exihibits distinct structure and superior duarbility compared with other reported dealloyed catalysts.

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