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Original Articles

Performance improvement of fuel cells using platinum-functionalised aligned carbon nanotubes

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Pages 797-807 | Received 15 Nov 2010, Accepted 26 Jul 2011, Published online: 26 Jun 2012

Figures & data

Figure 1. (Colour online) The schematic representation of (A) MEA and (B) electrochemical test of PEMFC device. (The SEM image is dedicated to Dr Junbing Yang.)

Figure 1. (Colour online) The schematic representation of (A) MEA and (B) electrochemical test of PEMFC device. (The SEM image is dedicated to Dr Junbing Yang.)

Figure 2. The SEM morphological image of Pt-functionalised ACNT and carbon nanotubes: (A) the Pt-ACNT, insert: the top-down image of MEA and (B) the cross-sectional image of ACNT.

Figure 2. The SEM morphological image of Pt-functionalised ACNT and carbon nanotubes: (A) the Pt-ACNT, insert: the top-down image of MEA and (B) the cross-sectional image of ACNT.

Figure 3. The Raman spectroscopic analysis of Pt-functionalised ACNT: (A) Raman spectra for three selected MEA and (B) zoomed-in Raman spectra.

Figure 3. The Raman spectroscopic analysis of Pt-functionalised ACNT: (A) Raman spectra for three selected MEA and (B) zoomed-in Raman spectra.

Table 1. The summary of Raman active modes of various vibration bands of Pt-ACNT.

Figure 4. Force–penetration depth curve of nanoindentation performed on ACNT.

Figure 4. Force–penetration depth curve of nanoindentation performed on ACNT.

Figure 5. The conditioning of PEMFC device at OCV.

Figure 5. The conditioning of PEMFC device at OCV.

Figure 6. (Colour online) The electrochemical performance of PEMFC device with H2 as fuel and O2/air as oxidant: (A) current density in O2; (B) power density in O2; (C) current density in air and (D) power density in air.

Figure 6. (Colour online) The electrochemical performance of PEMFC device with H2 as fuel and O2/air as oxidant: (A) current density in O2; (B) power density in O2; (C) current density in air and (D) power density in air.

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