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ELECTROCATALYSTS FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL

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Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 17068
Amount: $499,996.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
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Award Year: 1992
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20 New England Business Ctr
Andover, MA 01810
United States
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Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
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Abstract

A NOVEL PLATINUM CATALYST PREPARATION TECHNIQUE WILL BE APPLIED TO DEVELOP ELECTRODES FOR SOLID-POLYMER-ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS (SPEFC). PREVIOUS WORK HAS SHOWN THAT THIS NOVEL TECHNIQUE RESULTS IN HIGH UTILIZATION OF PLATINUM. WITH THIS TECHNIQUE, LOW-PLATINUM-CONTENT ELECTRODES HAVE BEEN PREPARED WITH EQULVALENT PERFORMANCE TO STATE-OF-THE-ART SPEFC ELECTRODES CONTAINING 80 TIMES MORE PLATINUM. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND EXTEND THIS TECHNIQUE TO PREPARE HIGH-PLATINUM-CONTENT (I.E., EQUIVALENT TO STATE-OF-THE-ART PLATINUM CONTENTS) ELECTRODES WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY. SUCH ELECTRODES ARE CRITICAL ENABLING COMPONENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY, REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS. A NOVEL PLATINUM CATALYST PREPARATION TECHNIQUE WILL BE APPLIED TO DEVELOP ELECTRODES FOR SOLID-POLYMER-ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS (SPEFC). PREVIOUS WORK HAS SHOWN THAT THIS NOVEL TECHNIQUE RESULTS IN HIGH UTILIZATION OF PLATINUM. WITH THIS TECHNIQUE, LOW-PLATINUM-CONTENT ELECTRODES HAVE BEEN PREPARED WITH EQULVALENT PERFORMANCE TO STATE-OF-THE-ART SPEFC ELECTRODES CONTAINING 80 TIMES MORE PLATINUM. THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DEVELOP AND EXTEND THIS TECHNIQUE TO PREPARE HIGH-PLATINUM-CONTENT (I.E., EQUIVALENT TO STATE-OF-THE-ART PLATINUM CONTENTS) ELECTRODES WITH IMPROVED EFFICIENCY. SUCH ELECTRODES ARE CRITICAL ENABLING COMPONENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY, REGENERATIVE FUEL CELLS.

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