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Characterization of Potential Catalysts for Carbon Monoxide Removal from Reformate Fuel for PEM Fuel Cells

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2011

Peter A. Adcock ,
Eric L. Brosha ,
Fernando H. Garzon  and
Francisco A. Uribe
Peter A. Adcock
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Eric L. Brosha
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Fernando H. Garzon
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
Francisco A. Uribe
Affiliation:
Materials Science and Technology Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA
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Abstract

We are developing a fuel-cell-integrated system for enhancing the effectiveness of an air-bleed for CO-tolerance of hydrogen and reformate PEM fuel cells, with minimal increase in stack cost or specific volume. This is called the reconfigured anode (RCA) system [1]. We report here on properties of several potential catalysts for this system. The materials were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (EDS), and thermal analysis techniques. Surface area was determined using the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) technique. The XRD results were interpreted using full-profile analysis. In ongoing work, reactivity with CO is being quantified under various conditions, using gas chromatographic (GC) analysis. The results are discussed in terms of effects of the presence of an RCA catalyst on fuel cell performance, using a small air-bleed.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 756: Symposia EE/FF – Solid-State Ionics – Materials for Fuel Cells and Fuel Processors , 2002 , FF1.4
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2003

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