Scalable nanoporous carbon films allow line-of-sight 3D atomic layer deposition of Pt: towards a new generation catalyst layer for PEM fuel cells
Marwa Atwa, Xiaoan Li, Zhaoxuan Wang, Samuel Dull, Shicheng Xu, Xia Tong, Rui Tang, Hirotomo Nishihara, Fritz B. Prinz, Viola Birss
Abstract
A self-supported, binder-free and scalable nanoporous carbon scaffold serves as an excellent host for the efficient and uniform atomic layer deposition of Pt nanoparticles, showing exemplary performance as a cathode catalyst layer in a PEM fuel cell.
Topics & Concepts
NanoporousMaterials scienceAtomic layer depositionChemical engineeringNanoparticleNucleationDispersityProton exchange membrane fuel cellCatalysisNanotechnologyLayer (electronics)Fuel cellsChemistryPolymer chemistryEngineeringBiochemistryOrganic chemistryElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionCatalytic Processes in Materials ScienceSemiconductor materials and devices