Platinum supported catalyst for anode of PEM fuel cell, its production method, gas diffusion electrode for anode side of PEM fuel cell, proton conducting polymer membrane coated with catalyst and for anode side of PEM fuel cell Membrane electrode unit

摘要

A supported platinum catalyst with good carbon monoxide poisoning resistance, for a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell, comprises a finely divided conductive support material bearing platinum and ruthenium in highly dispersed unalloyed form, the crystallite size of the platinum being less than 2 nm and that of the ruthenium being less than 1 nm. Also claimed is production of the above catalyst by suspending the support material in water, adding aqueous Pt and/or Ru compound solutions, adjusting the pH to 7-9, depositing the Pt and/or Ru using a reducing agent, filtering off and washing the resulting catalyst, optionally depositing the other precious metal in the same way, and then drying at NOTGREATER 200 degrees C. Further claimed are a PEM fuel cell gas diffusion electrode, a catalyst-coated proton conductive polymer membrane for PEM fuel cells and a PEM fuel cell membrane-electrode unit with gas diffusion electrodes on both the cathode and anode sides of a proton conductive polymer membrane, in which the catalyst layer on the anode side comprises the above catalyst.