TY - JOUR
T1 - Optimization of catalyst preparation conditions for direct sodium borohydride fuel cell using response surface methodology
AU - Okur, Osman
AU - Alper, Erdogan
AU - Almansoori, Ali
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye Marmara Research Center (TÜBİTAK MRC) and TÜBİTAK MRC Fuel Cell Laboratory members for the grants that support this research.
PY - 2014/4/1
Y1 - 2014/4/1
N2 - The aim of this work is to determine the optimum operating conditions for the process of preparing anode electrocatalysts for direct sodium borohydride fuel cell (DSBHFC). Pt-Au/C electrocatalysts were studied as the anode catalysts while Pt/C were chosen as a cathode catalyst. Anode electrocatalysts were produced by the precipitation method. In this work, pH, temperature, drying time and Pt/Au ratio were selected as independent process parameters and their effects on dependent parameters, such as power density and hydrogen production rate, were investigated using response surface methodology (RSM). Based on this methodology, it was found that the maximum power density and the minimum hydrogen production rate were 354.4mWcm-2 and 30mlmin-1 respectively. These findings were obtained at 90°C, 9.27 pH, 61.07h of drying time, and 93.54% Au ratio to total metal ratio.
AB - The aim of this work is to determine the optimum operating conditions for the process of preparing anode electrocatalysts for direct sodium borohydride fuel cell (DSBHFC). Pt-Au/C electrocatalysts were studied as the anode catalysts while Pt/C were chosen as a cathode catalyst. Anode electrocatalysts were produced by the precipitation method. In this work, pH, temperature, drying time and Pt/Au ratio were selected as independent process parameters and their effects on dependent parameters, such as power density and hydrogen production rate, were investigated using response surface methodology (RSM). Based on this methodology, it was found that the maximum power density and the minimum hydrogen production rate were 354.4mWcm-2 and 30mlmin-1 respectively. These findings were obtained at 90°C, 9.27 pH, 61.07h of drying time, and 93.54% Au ratio to total metal ratio.
KW - Anode electrocatalyst
KW - Direct sodium borohydride fuel cell
KW - Response surface methodology
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84895922111&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.energy.2014.01.089
DO - 10.1016/j.energy.2014.01.089
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84895922111
SN - 0360-5442
VL - 67
SP - 97
EP - 105
JO - Energy
JF - Energy
ER -
