Issue 9, 2022

Deactivation and regeneration of a benchmark Pt/C catalyst toward oxygen reduction reaction in the presence of poisonous SO2 and NO

Abstract

SO2 is considered as the most poisonous ambient contaminant to proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) cathodes, leading to severe Pt deactivation and oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) performance loss. Great efforts have been devoted to studying the deactivation and regeneration of SO2-poisoned Pt/C catalysts, but far less to cases with coexisting NO. Herein, the deactivation and regeneration processes of Pt surfaces during ORR in the presence of both SO2 and NO (in different molar ratios) are investigated by means of in situ electrochemical infrared spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Interestingly, NO presents a stronger affinity to Pt sites than SO2—if an appropriate NO : SO2 ratio is applied, SO2 adsorption can be completely inhibited. Besides, the competitive adsorption of NO can weaken the Pt–S bond and expel adsorbed SO2. Given that adsorbed NO is readily reduced, a faster regeneration is observed if NO and SO2 are simultaneously fed into the cathode.

Graphical abstract: Deactivation and regeneration of a benchmark Pt/C catalyst toward oxygen reduction reaction in the presence of poisonous SO2 and NO

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
21 jan 2022
Accepted
11 mar 2022
First published
12 mar 2022

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2022,12, 2929-2934

Deactivation and regeneration of a benchmark Pt/C catalyst toward oxygen reduction reaction in the presence of poisonous SO2 and NO

Y. Liu, W. Zhang, G. Han, Y. Zhou, L. Li, C. Kang, F. Kong, Y. Gao, C. Du, J. Wang, Y. Ma, L. Du, W. Cai and G. Yin, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2022, 12, 2929 DOI: 10.1039/D2CY00141A

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