Fuel Cell Membrane-Electrode-Assemblies with Ultra-Low Pt Nanofiber Electrodes Award Number: DE-EE0007653 CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6 Fuel Cell Technologies Office Date: 10/5/2016 Location(s): TN Office(s): Golden Field Office
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Fuel Cell Membrane-Electrode-Assemblies with Ultra-Low Pt Nanofiber Electrodes
Award Number: DE-EE0007653
CX(s) Applied: A9, B3.6
Fuel Cell Technologies Office
Date: 10/5/2016
Location(s): TN
Office(s): Golden Field Office
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide federal funding to Vanderbilt University to fabricate, characterize, and evaluate nanofiber mat electrode membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) with highly active oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysts for H2/air fuel cells, in order to overcome the shortcomings of traditional cathodes at low-precious group metal (PGM) catalyst loadings.
The proposed project would involve catalyst synthesis work at Georgia Institute of Technology, preparation of fiber mat cathodes and anodes via particle/polymer (catalyst/binder) electrospinning at Vanderbilt University, and membrane-electrode-assembly construction and testing with the nanofiber mat electrodes at Vanderbilt University and Nissan Technical Center North America. 3M Company would function as a consultant and subcontractor on the project providing ionomer binders for the electrospun mat electrodes. This project would not involve any physical modification of existing facilities or construction of new facilities.