Low loaded Pt-Co catalyst surfaces optimized by magnetron sputtering sequentialdeposition technique for PEM fuel cell applications: physical and electrochemicalanalysis on carbon paper support

Authors

OSMAN ÖZTÜRK
AYDIN HAŞİMOĞLU
OĞUZ KAAN ÖZDEMİR
İNCİ KARAASLAN
ALİ ŞEMS AHSEN

DOI

10.3906/kim-2101-50

Abstract

A series of thin Pt-Co films with different metal ratios were deposited by using the sequential cosputtering directly on a commercial hydrophobic carbon paper substrate at room temperature and in ultra-high vacuum (UHV) conditions. Their electrocatalytic properties toward the oxygen reduction reaction were investigated in 0.5 M H2SO4 solution by means of cyclic voltammetry (CV) and linear sweep voltammetry (LSV) on rotating disc electrode (RDE). The results showed that Pt particles, deposited by dc-magnetron gun, surround the large Co-clusters deposited by rf-magnetron gun. In addition, the increase of Co content led to an increase in the electrochemical active surface area (EASA) from 23.75 m2/gPt to 47.54 m2/gPt for pure Pt and Pt:Co (1:3), respectively, which corresponded the improvement of the utilization of Pt by a factor of 1.91. This improvement indicated that the sequential magnetron cosputtering was one of the essential technique to deposit homogeneous metal clusters with desirable size on the gas diffusion layer by adjustment plasma parameters.

Keywords

Proton exchange membrane fuel cell, magnetron sputtering, Pt-Co catalyst, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry

First Page

1336

Last Page

1352

Recommended Citation

ÖZTÜRK, OSMAN; HAŞİMOĞLU, AYDIN; ÖZDEMİR, OĞUZ KAAN; KARAASLAN, İNCİ; and AHSEN, ALİ ŞEMS (2021) "Low loaded Pt-Co catalyst surfaces optimized by magnetron sputtering sequentialdeposition technique for PEM fuel cell applications: physical and electrochemicalanalysis on carbon paper support," Turkish Journal of Chemistry: Vol. 45: No. 5, Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3906/kim-2101-50
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/chem/vol45/iss5/3