Performance Improvement of Fuel Cell using Platinum Functionalized Aligned Carbon Nanotubes

摘要

The short-term goal of this research was to improve the 'performance' of proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PI-MFC), via development of aligned carbon nanotubes (ACNT) which provide certain catalytic advantages. PEMFCs are devices which can generate electricity using alternative green resources. The benchmark for improved performance includes better device endurance and decreased platinum (Pt) loading. The long-term goals are to: I) provide guidelines for design of new materials; 2) promote nanocatalyst applications towards alternative energy; and 3) integrate several advanced instrumentation into nanocharacterization and fuel cell (FC) performance.