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Sol-Gel Based Silica Electrodes for Inorganic Membrane DMFCs

Author(s) -

Hyea Kim

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

the electrochemical society interface

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.568

H-Index - 46

eISSN - 1944-8783

pISSN - 1064-8208

DOI - 10.1149/2.f09094if

Subject(s) - materials science , electrode , membrane , sol gel , chemical engineering , nanotechnology , chemistry , engineering , biochemistry

However, theDMFC performancewasunstablebecause thepolymer-basedionomerusedin thecatalystinkwasincompatible withtheglassmembrane. The coefficientofthermalexpansion mismatchbetweentheelectrode andmembranecontributedtohigh contactresistance. Therearelong- termreliabilityissueswiththewater- rich, polymerionomersoakinginthe aqueousmethanolofapassiveDMFC. Inthisproject, electrodesbased onglass-basedionomerswere investigated. Platinum-ruthenium glasselectrodes (PtRu/C-SiO2) were preparedbyincorporatingthe PtRu/Cnanoparticlesintoasilica- basedmatrix. TheSiO2 matrixwas synthesizedthroughthesol-gel reactionof 3-(trihydroxysilyl)-1- propanesulfonicacid (3TPS) and 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GPTMS). Thestructuresof 3TPS andGPTMSareshowninFig. 1. The sulfonicacidgroupin 3TPSprovides protonconductivityinthecatalyst layer.Thethreehydroxylgroupsofthe 3TPSreactwithwaterandcondense toformasilicamatrixencapsulating thecatalystinthematrix. Theepoxy contentoftheGPTMSimprovedthe mechanicalpropertiesoftheelectrode bycrosslinkingwiththesilicon dioxidematrix. Thesizeanddistributionofthe PtRu/Cparticleswascontrolledby changingthemicrostructureand propertiesofthegelmatrix. The effectofgelationtime, molefraction ofreactantswithinthesol, curing temperature,andglassionomercontent wereinvestigated. Theadhesionof thecatalystlayeronthemembrane, electrochemicalactivityformethanol oxidation, anddecreasemethanol cross-overthroughthemembrane wereinvestigated. Theoptimumglass electrodewascomposedof 90 mol% 3TPSand 10 mol% GPTMSandthe catalyst-to-glassratiowas1:5.The3TPS

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