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Investigation of new anode materials for methanol polymer fuel cells
Fiala, Roman ; Matolín, Vladimír (advisor) ; Sofer, Zdeněk (referee)
We investigated new types of anode catalysts for polymer membrane fule cell (PEMFC). Pt doped CeO2 thin lms were deposited by rf-magnetron sputtering on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) directly grown on GDL by using CVD. We observed considerable increase of speci c power by 1000 times and more in comparison with standard PtRu anode catalyst. For this new anode system we obtained the speci c power of 44.3 W/mg(Pt). The interaction of Pt with CeO2 layers with di erent substrates was investigated by using photoelectron spectroscopy. The results showed that platinum was in cationic state and the Pt2+/Pt4+ ratio was dependent of substrates materials. We also demonstrated that the performance of direct methanol fuel cell with Pt and PtRu catalyst can be dramatically increased simply by adding sodium hydroxide to methanol fuel. Cell voltage and power output characteristics were studied in dependence on current, temperature and concentration of sodium hydroxide. Endurance test was performed and the fuel cell exhibited stable response. Power density of 80.7 mW/cm2 was recorded for 2 M methanol/2 M sodium hydroxide fuel 30řC.
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The preparation and study of catalytic system Cu(O)-CeO2 using surface analytical methods
Šmíd, Břetislav ; Matolínová, Iva (advisor) ; Plšek, Jan (referee) ; Sofer, Zdeněk (referee)
Title: The preparation and study of catalytic system Cu(O)-CeO2 using surface analytical methods Author: Břetislav Šmíd Department: Department of Surface and Plasma Science Supervisor of the doctoral thesis: Doc. Mgr. Iva Matolínová, Dr. Abstract: This work is concerned with a study of copper/copper oxide - cerium dioxide systems and their interaction with CO and H2O molecules. Investigated samples were prepared in the form of powder catalysts and also as very well defined model inverse systems. The low temperature CO oxidation powder catalysts were studied by means of XPS, XRD, SEM, TEM and in micro-reactor system allowing the CO oxidation examination. The study of H2O adsorption and co-adsorption of H2O with CO were carried out on model inverse systems CeOx(111)/Cu(111) in ultra-high vacuum conditions using X-ray, synchrotron radiation (SRPES), resonant (RPES) photoelectron spectroscopies and LEED. It was observed on the stoichiometric surface water adsorbs molecularly at 120 K while on the reduced surface and surface of CeO2 islands on Cu(111) the H2O adsorption is partially dissociative with formation of OH groups. The increase of Ce3+ species (i.e. surface reduction) observed after H2O adsorption was explained as an electronic effect of the Ce 4f charge accumulation and Ce 5d charge depletion....
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Investigation of new anode materials for methanol polymer fuel cells
Fiala, Roman ; Sofer, Zdeněk (referee) ; Matolín, Vladimír (advisor)
We investigated new types of anode catalysts for polymer membrane fule cell (PEMFC). Pt doped CeO2 thin lms were deposited by rf-magnetron sputtering on carbon nanotubes (CNTs) directly grown on GDL by using CVD. We observed considerable increase of speci c power by 1000 times and more in comparison with standard PtRu anode catalyst. For this new anode system we obtained the speci c power of 44.3 W/mg(Pt). The interaction of Pt with CeO2 layers with di erent substrates was investigated by using photoelectron spectroscopy. The results showed that platinum was in cationic state and the Pt2+/Pt4+ ratio was dependent of substrates materials. We also demonstrated that the performance of direct methanol fuel cell with Pt and PtRu catalyst can be dramatically increased simply by adding sodium hydroxide to methanol fuel. Cell voltage and power output characteristics were studied in dependence on current, temperature and concentration of sodium hydroxide. Endurance test was performed and the fuel cell exhibited stable response. Power density of 80.7 mW/cm2 was recorded for 2 M methanol/2 M sodium hydroxide fuel 30řC.
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