ISSN:
1572-8838
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
Abstract Oxygen reduction at a gas-fed, porous, ruthenium-pyrochlore electrode attached to a Dow Developmental Fuel Cell Membrane was measured in solutions of various pH. Electrode assemblies containing high surface area Pb2Ru2−x Pb x O7−y or Bi2Ru2−x Bi x O7−y with different amounts of Teflon content with/without the incorporation of Dow gel in the active part of the electrode with/without a CO2-treated Vulcan XC-72 carbon substrate were tested. The oxide pyrochlores were found to be chemically stable and to show their lowest overpotential if separated from a 2.5 M H2SO4 proton reservoir by the membrane. Interesting oxygen reduction activity at room temperature was obtained with the Pb2Ru1.74Pb0.26O7−y electrode bonded with 22% by weight Teflon and incorporating 5% by weight Dow gel. The performance of the oxides against B-site Pb concentration and a measurement of the surface charge on the particles indicate that, in this configuration, the active sites for the oxygen reduction reaction are OH− species at the O-site positions of the A2B2O6′O1−y pyrochlores, especially the bridging oxygen with one Ru and one Pb near neighbour, i.e. Pb−Ob−Ru. Evidence that oxide particles precipitated on CO2-treated carbon transfer electrons to the substrate is also presented.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01023815
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