Nanoparticles for Fuel Cells

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Nanoparticles for Fuel Cells

• Shangfeng Du, 22 Jan 2010
• s.du_at_bham.ac.uk
• www.fuelcells.bham.ac.uk

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Jobs and Research

• 3 EU Marie-Curie Research Fellows
• SOLARPEM (Dr P Chaurasia)
• NAFCELL (Dr S DU)
• ADHCEM (Dr H Rossetto)
• FCs, solar energy and particle aggregation for
  reducing CO2 emission.

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PEMFC electrodes

• In-situ grown Pt nanowires
• (J Power Sources 195 (2010) 289)
• A facile one-step process
• No template
• No organic solvents
• Room temperature

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Nanoparticle aggregation
Adhesion force estimation (Nanotechnology 20
(2009) 275701) NanoSight Analyzing
individually Doublet to singlet ratio
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Following work

• Pt-nanowire electrodes in PEMFCs
• Optimization and scale-up Complex electrodes
• Ni-YSZ anode in micro-tubular SOFCs
• Modification with Y-doped SDC
• Understanding the adhesion force acting
• Collaborative proposal with China, India
• Joint proposal with Coventry University

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Thank you for your attention!