WO2012058425A2 - Nanofiber electrode and method of forming same - Google Patents

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WO2012058425A2
WO2012058425A2 PCT/US2011/058088 US2011058088W WO2012058425A2 WO 2012058425 A2 WO2012058425 A2 WO 2012058425A2 US 2011058088 W US2011058088 W US 2011058088W WO 2012058425 A2 WO2012058425 A2 WO 2012058425A2
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  • the present invention relates generally electrochemical devices such as fuel cells. More specifically, the present invention relates to nanofiber electrode morphology formed by electrospinning.
  • the present invention relates to a method of forming an electrode for an electrochemical device.
  • the method includes the steps of mixing at least a first amount of a catalyst and a second amount of an ionomer to form a solution, and delivering the solution into a metallic needle having a needle tip.
  • the method further includes the steps of applying a voltage between the needle tip and a collector substrate positioned at a distance from the needle tip, and extruding the solution from the needle tip at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun nanofibers and deposit the generated nanofibers on the collector substrate to form a mat with a porous network of nanofibers, wherein each nanofiber has distributed particles of the catalyst.
  • the method also includes the step of pressing the mat onto a polymer membrane.
  • the catalyst includes platinum-supported carbon (Pt/C)
  • the ionomer includes the perfluorosulfonic acid polymer known as Nafion ®
  • the step of forming the solution further includes mixing a third amount of a second polymer with the first amount of catalyst and second amount of ionomer.
  • the second polymer includes polyacrylic acid (PAA), and the ratios between the catalyst, ionomer, and second polymer are about 15:3:2 by weight.
  • the collector substrate includes a carbon paper or carbon cloth gas diffusion layer disposed on a rotating drum, wherein the collector substrate is separated from the needle tip at a distance of about 10 cm.
  • a voltage of about 7.0 kV is applied between the needle tip and the collector substrate, and the solution is extruded from the needle tip at a flow rate of about 1 mL/hour.
  • the nanofibers are formed to have an average diameter of about 470 nm.
  • the nanofiber electrode, as formed, has a Pt loading in a range from about 0.025 to about 0.4 mg/cm 2 and an electrochemical surface area of about 1 14 m 2 /gp t .
  • the present invention relates to a nanofiber electrode formed by a method that includes the steps of: mixing at least a first amount of a catalyst, and a second amount of an ionomer or uncharged polymer to form a solution; delivering the solution into a metallic needle having a needle tip; applying a voltage between the needle tip and a collector substrate positioned at a distance from the needle tip; extruding the solution from the needle tip at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun nanofibers and deposit the generated nanofibers on the collector substrate to form a mat with a porous network of nanofibers, wherein each nanofiber has distributed particles of the catalyst; and pressing the mat onto a membrane.
  • the present invention relates to a membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) for an electrochemical device.
  • the MEA includes a membrane having a first surface and an opposite, second surface, an anode disposed on the first surface of the membrane, and a cathode disposed on the second surface of the membrane.
  • the cathode is formed by the steps of: mixing at least a first amount of a catalyst, a second amount of an ionomer or uncharged polymer, and optionally a third amount of a third polymer to form a solution; delivering the solution into a metallic needle having a needle tip; applying a voltage between the needle tip and a collector substrate positioned at a distance from the needle tip; extruding the solution from the needle tip at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun nanofibers and deposit the generated nanofibers on the collector substrate to form a mat having a porous network of nanofibers, wherein each nanofiber has distributed particles of the catalyst; and pressing the mat onto the second surface of the membrane.
  • the nanofibers are formed to have an average diameter of about 470 nm.
  • the catalyst includes platinum-supported carbon (Pt/C) and the ionomer includes Nafion ® .
  • Forming the solution further includes mixing a third amount of a second polymer with the first amount of catalyst and second amount of ionomer, wherein the second polymer includes polyacrylic acid (PAA) and the ratios between the catalyst, ionomer, and second polymer are about 15:3 :2 by weight.
  • Pt/C platinum-supported carbon
  • PAA polyacrylic acid
  • the collector substrate includes a carbon paper or carbon cloth gas diffusion layer disposed on a rotating drum, and the distance between the collector substrate and the needle tip is about 10 cm.
  • a voltage of about 7.0 kV is applied between the needle tip and the collector substrate. The solution is extruded from the needle tip at a flow rate of about 1 mL/hour.
  • the cathode, as formed has a Pt loading in a range from about 0.025 to about 0.4 mg/cm 2 and an electrochemical surface area of about 114 m 2 /gp t .
  • the membrane is ionically conductive and, in one embodiment, the conductive membrane is proton conductive.
  • the proton conductive membrane includes a perfluorosulfonic acid (PFSA) that includes Nafion ® .
  • PFSA perfluorosulfonic acid
  • the membrane is a nanofiber composite membrane.
  • the catalyst includes at least one of, or a combination of, Pt particles, Pt alloy particles, Pt on carbon particles, precious metal particles, precious metal on carbon particles, precious metal based alloys, previous metal based alloys on carbon particles, Ag particles, Ni particles, Ag alloy particles, i alloy particles, Fe particles, Fe alloy particles, Pd particles, Pd alloy particles, core-shell catalyst particles, and non-platinum group metal (PGM) fuel cell catalysts.
  • PGM platinum group metal
  • the present invention relates to a membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) for an electrochemical device.
  • the MEA includes a membrane having a first surface and an opposite, second surface, and an anode disposed on the first surface of the membrane.
  • the anode is formed by the steps of: mixing at least a first amount of a catalyst and a second amount of an ionomer or uncharged polymer to form a solution; delivering the solution into a metallic needle having a needle tip; applying a voltage between the needle tip and a collector substrate positioned at a distance from the needle tip; extruding the solution from the needle tip at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun nanofibers and deposit the generated nanofibers on the collector substrate to form a mat comprising a porous network of nanofibers, wherein each nanofiber has a plurality of distributed particles of the catalyst; and pressing the mat onto the first surface of the membrane.
  • the MEA also includes a cathode disposed on the second surface of the membrane.
  • forming the solution further includes mixing a third amount of a second polymer with the first amount of catalyst and second amount of ionomer.
  • the present invention relates to a fuel cell.
  • the fuel cell includes a membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA).
  • the MEA includes a membrane having a first surface and an opposite, second surface, and an anode disposed on the first surface of the membrane.
  • the fuel cell also includes a cathode disposed on the second surface of the membrane. At least one of the anode and cathode is formed by a method that includes the steps of mixing at least a first amount of a catalyst and a second amount of an ionomer to form a solution, and delivering the solution into a metallic needle having a needle tip.
  • the method also includes the steps of applying a voltage between the needle tip and a collector substrate positioned at a distance from the needle tip, and extruding the solution from the needle tip at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun nanofibers and deposit the generated nanofibers on the collector substrate to form a mat with a porous network of nanofibers.
  • the method further includes the step of pressing the mat onto the membrane.
  • Each nanofiber of the formed mat has a plurality of distributed particles of the catalyst.
  • the fuel cell also includes a first flow-field plate having channels that are operative to direct a fuel to the anode, and a second flow-field plate having channels that are operative to direct an oxidant to the cathode.
  • the first flow- field plate is operative to direct hydrogen to the anode and the second flow-field plate is operative to direct oxygen to the cathode.
  • the catalyst includes platinum-supported carbon (Pt/C).
  • the ionomer includes Nafion ® .
  • the method of forming the solution further includes the step of mixing a third amount of a second polymer with the first amount of catalyst and second amount of ionomer.
  • the second polymer includes polyacrylic acid (PAA).
  • the ratios between the catalyst, ionomer, and second polymer are about 15:3 :2 by weight.
  • the collector substrate includes a carbon paper or carbon cloth gas diffusion layer.
  • the collector substrate is disposed on a rotating drum.
  • the nanofibers are formed to have an average diameter of about 470 nm.
  • the cathode, as formed has a Pt loading in a range from about 0.025 to about 0.4 mg/cm 2 .
  • the cathode, as formed has an electrochemical surface area of about 1 14 m 2 / gp t .
  • the membrane is a nanofiber composite membrane.
  • the membrane is ionically conductive, and more particularly proton conductive.
  • the proton conductive membrane includes a perfluorosulfonic acid, and the perfluorosulfonic acid membrane includes Nafion ® .
  • the catalyst includes one of, or a combination of, Pt particles, Pt alloy particles, Pt on carbon particles, precious metal particles, precious metal on carbon particles, precious metal based alloys, previous metal based alloys on carbon particles, Ag particles, Ni particles, Ag alloy particles, Ni alloy particles, Fe particles, Fe alloy particles, Pd particles, Pd alloy particles, core-shell catalyst particles, and non-platinum group metal (PGM) fuel cell catalysts.
  • PGM platinum group metal
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows a membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) formed according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2 schematically shows a system for electrospinning a solution to generate nanofibers and deposit the nanofibers on a collector substrate, according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 schematically shows a system for electrospinning a solution to generate nanofibers and deposit the nanofibers on a collector substrate disposed on a rotating drum, according to another embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 shows a flow chart of a method of forming an electrode for an electrochemical device, according to one or more embodiments of the present invention
  • FIG. 5 shows SEM images of electrospun Pt-C/Nafion ® /poly(acrylic acid) nanofibers (a) before annealing and hot press and (b) after annealing and hot press, and (c) and (d) show uniform distribution of Pt/C catalyst nanoparticles on the surface of the nanofibers, according to one or more embodiments of the present invention
  • FIG. 6 shows hydrogen/air fuel cell polarization curves for four different cathode catalyst constructs, including constructs according to one or more embodiments of present invention
  • FIG. 7 shows hydrogen/air fuel cell polarization curves for an electrospun cathode and membrane electrode assembly (MEA) according to one or more embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 8 shows hydrogen/air fuel cell polarization curves for two different cathode catalyst constructs, including constructs according to one or more embodiments of the present invention.
  • nanoscopic-scale As used herein, “nanoscopic-scale,” “nanoscopic,” “nanometer-scale,” “nanoscale,” “nanocomposites,” “nanoparticles,” the “nano-” prefix, and the like generally refers to elements or articles having widths or diameters of less than about 1 ⁇ , preferably.
  • specified widths can be a smallest width (i.e. a width as specified where, at that location, the article can have a larger width in a different dimension), or largest width (i.e. where, at that location, the article's width is no wider than as specified, but can have a length that is greater).
  • FIG. 1 a membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) for an electrochemical device is shown, according to one embodiment of the present invention.
  • MEA membrane-electrode-assembly
  • a MEA has two electrodes, an anode and a cathode. Each of the electrodes is coated on one side with a thin catalyst layer, and the anode and cathode are separated by a proton exchange membrane (PEM).
  • PEM proton exchange membrane
  • the MEA is disposed between two flow-field plates, and in operation, hydrogen and air or some other fuel and oxidant are provided to the electrodes of the MEA via channels that are formed in the flow field plates. More particularly, one flow-field plate directs hydrogen to the anode and another flow-field plate directs oxygen in the air to the cathode.
  • a catalyst layer facilitates separation of the hydrogen into protons and electrons. Free electrons produced at the anode are conducted as a usable electric current through an external circuit.
  • hydrogen protons that have passed through the PEM come together with oxygen in air and electrons that return from the external circuit, to form water and heat.
  • the MEA 100 includes a membrane 114 with a first surface 1 14a and an opposite, second surface 114b.
  • An anode 1 13 comprised of a gas diffusion electrode 1 10 coated with a catalyst layer 1 12 is disposed on the first surface 1 14a of the membrane 1 14, and a cathode 119 comprised of a gas diffusion electrode 118 coated with a catalyst layer 116 is disposed on the second surface 1 14b of the membrane.
  • FIG. 2 schematically shows a system 200 for electrospinning a solution to generate nanofibers and deposit the nanofibers on a collector substrate according to one embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 schematically shows a system 300 for electrospinning a solution to generate nanofibers and deposit the nanofibers on a collector substrate according to another embodiment of the present invention.
  • an electrospinning process typically involves applying a high voltage electric field to a spinneret needle containing a polymer solution or polymer melt. Mutual charge repulsion on the surface of the solution overcomes the surface tension such as to produce and eject a thin liquid jet of the solution from the tip of the spinneret needle.
  • a solution 212 is delivered from a syringe 210 into a metallic needle 214 having a needle tip 214a.
  • the solution 212 is formed according to steps of the method described below with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 4.
  • a voltage produced by a high voltage generator 216 is applied to the metallic needle 214 such that a potential difference is created between the needle tip 214a and a collector substrate 222.
  • the collector substrate 222 is disposed on an electrically grounded rotating drum 224. The collector substrate 222 is separated from the needle tip 214a at a predetermined distance di.
  • a thin liquid jet 218 of the solution is produced and ejected from the tip 214a of the metallic needle 214 at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun nanofibers 220 and deposit the generated nanofibers 220 on the collector substrate 222 to form a mat comprised of a porous network of nanofibers (see FIG. 5).
  • a solution 312 is delivered from a syringe 310 into a metallic needle 314 having a needle tip 314a.
  • the solution 312 is formed according to steps of the method described below with reference to the flow chart of FIG. 4.
  • a voltage produced by a high voltage generator 316 is applied to the metallic needle 314 such that a potential difference is created between the needle tip 314a and a grounded collector substrate 302.
  • the collector substrate 302 is separated from the needle tip 314a by a predetermined distance ⁇ 3 ⁇ 4.
  • a thin liquid jet 318 of the solution is produced and ejected from the tip 314a of the metallic needle 314 at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun nanofibers 320 and deposit the generated nanofibers 320 on the collector substrate 322 to form a mat comprised of a porous network of nanofibers (see FIG. 5).
  • FIG. 4 a flow chart show steps of a method 400 of forming an electrode for an electrochemical device, according to one or more embodiments of the present invention.
  • the method begins at step 401 and includes the steps of mixing at least a first amount of a catalyst and a second amount of an ionomer to form a solution, at step 403, and delivering the solution into a metallic needle having a needle tip, at step 405.
  • a voltage is applied between the needle tip and a collector substrate positioned at a distance from the needle.
  • the solution is extruded from the needle tip at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun nanofibers and deposit the generated nanofibers on the collector substrate, to form a mat including a porous network of nanofibers, at step 409.
  • the mat is pressed onto a membrane, at step 411, and the method ends at step 413.
  • electrospun nanofiber mats were prepared from a solution of approximately 75 wt% Pt/C, 15 wt% Nafion ® , and 10 wt% poly(acrylic acid) in isopropanol/water solvent.
  • the nanofibers were deposited on a carbon paper GDL substrate that was fixed to a rotating drum collector.
  • the potential difference between the metallic spinneret needle and the drum collector was about 7.0 kV and the spinneret-to-collector distance and flow rate of the solution were fixed at about 10 cm and about 1 mL/hour, respectively.
  • the surfaces of the nanofibers 512 are roughened by Pt/C catalyst nanoparticles.
  • a uniform distribution of Pt/C catalyst nanoparticles can be seen on the surface of the nanofibers 530 in FIG. 5(c) and 540 in FIG. 5(d), where the average nanofiber diameter is about 470 nm.
  • the nanofiber electrode onto a afion ® 212 membrane After annealing and hot pressing the nanofiber electrode onto a afion ® 212 membrane, the morphology of nanofibers (collectively labeled 520) is maintained and the volume density of fibers increased, as shown in the SEM image of the nanofibers 522 in FIG. 5(b).
  • membrane electrode assemblies were fabricated using a Nafion ® 212 membrane, a decal-processed anode (with a Pt loading of about 0.4 mg/cm 2 ) and an electrospun nanofiber cathode, where the Pt cathode loading was about 0.4 mg/cm 2 (designated as ES04 in subsequent figures), or about 0.2 mg/cm 2
  • ES02 ES02
  • ES01 0.1 mg/cm 2
  • ES01 0.1 mg/cm 2
  • a third MEA was prepared by the decal process for both the anode and cathode, where the Pt loading for each electrode was about 0.4 mg/cm 2 (designated as Decal04).
  • Table 1 shows the Pt- loading and the electrochemical surface area (ECSA) of the cathode catalyst layer for the 0.4 mg/cm 2 decal cathode MEA and the 0.1 mg/cm 2 electrospun cathode MEA.
  • ECSA electrochemical surface area
  • the ECSA of the nanofiber electrodes was significantly greater than that for a decal-processed cathode.
  • All four MEAs were evaluated in a hydrogen/air fuel cell (5 cm 2 MEA) at 80 ° C and 100 RH% (% relative humidity) without back pressure.
  • FIG. 6 shows a graph 600 of hydrogen/air fuel cell polarization curves for the four different cathode catalyst constructs. Cell temperature was 80°C with 125 seem H 2 and 500 seem air (zero psi back pressure).
  • ES04 delivers about 1080 mA/cm 2 at 0.6V, with a maximum power density of about 705 mW/cm 2 .
  • These results represent a 28% improvement in fuel cell performance, as compared to the MEA with a decal cathode and anode.
  • the power output performance was still better than that of Decal04.
  • electrospun nanofiber mats were prepared from a solution of approximately 75 wt% Pt/C, 15 wt% Nafion ® , and 10 wt% poly(acrylic acid). The nanofibers were deposited on a carbon paper GDL substrate that was fixed to a rotating drum collector.
  • the potential difference between the metallic spinneret needle and the drum collector was about 7.0 kV and the spinneret-to-collector distance and flow rate of the solution were fixed at about 10 cm and about 1 mL/hour, respectively.
  • an electrospun nanofiber catalyst layer was used as the cathode at a Pt loading of 0.05 mg/cm 2 .
  • Nanofiber cathodes were hot pressed onto a Nafion 212 membrane at 140°C and 16MPa. Prior to hot-pressing, electrospun nanofiber mats were annealed at 150°C under vacuum for 2 hours.
  • the Pt loading of a nanofiber mat was adjusted by the electrospinning duration and calculated from the total weight of an electrospun mat and the weight-fraction of Pt/C catalyst used for its preparation. After hot pressing the nanofiber electrode onto a Nafion ® 212 membrane, the morphology of nanofibers is maintained and the volume density of fibers increased. Performance data for a nanofiber cathode with MEA 0.05 mg/cm 2 Pt loading was collected in a hydrogen/air fuel cell (5 cm 2 MEA) at 80 ° C and 100 RH% (% relative humidity) without back pressure with 125 seem H 2 and 500 seem air (zero psi back pressure). FIG.
  • FIG. 7 shows a graph 700 of hydrogen/air fuel cell polarization curves for an electrospun 0.05 mg/cm 2 Pt loading cathode with an electrospun 0.1 mg/cm 2 Pt loading cathode MEA.
  • ES005 delivers about 620 mA/cm 2 at 0.6V, with a maximum power density of about 401 mW/cm 2 .
  • ultra-low Pt loading is defined as a Pt loading less than 0.10 mg/cm 2 ).
  • electrospun nanofiber mats were prepared from a solution of approximately 75 wt% Pt/C, 15 wt% Nafion ® , and 10 wt% poly(acrylic acid). The nanofibers were deposited on a carbon paper GDL substrate that was fixed to a rotating drum collector.
  • the potential difference between the metallic spinneret needle and the drum collector was about 7.0 kV and the spinneret-to-collector distance and flow rate of the solution were fixed at about 10 cm and about 1 mL/hour, respectively.
  • an electrospun nanofiber catalyst layer was used as the cathode at a Pt loading of 0.025 mg/cm 2 (nanofiber cathodes were hot pressed to Nafion 212 at 140°C and 16MPa). Prior to hot-pressing, electrospun nanofiber mats were annealed at 150°C under vacuum for 2 hours.
  • the Pt loading of a nanofiber mat was adjusted by the electrospinning duration and calculated from its total weight and the weight- fraction of Pt/C catalyst used for its preparation. After hot pressing the nanofiber electrode onto a Nafion ® 212 membrane, the morphology of nanofibers is maintained and the volume density of fibers increased.
  • FIG. 8 shows a graph 800 of hydrogen/air fuel cell polarization curves for the two different cathode catalyst constructs.
  • ES0025 delivers about 235 mA/cm 2 at 0.6V, with a maximum power density of about 302 mW/cm 2 .
  • This example further shows that an electrospun nanofiber electrode morphology according to one or more embodiments of the present invention disclosed herein can be created and can be used in a fuel cell MEA to generate power in a PEM fuel cell with ultra-low Pt loading.
  • the present invention relates to a method 400 of forming an electrode for an electrochemical device.
  • the method includes mixing a first amount of a catalyst, a second amount of an ionomer, and a third amount of a second polymer to form a solution, at step 403.
  • the method further includes delivering the formed solution into a metallic needle, at step 405.
  • a voltage is applied between the needle tip and a collector substrate, and at step 409, the solution is extruded from the needle tip at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun nanofibers and deposit the generated nanofibers on the collector substrate to form a mat with a porous network of nanofibers, where each nanofiber has distributed particles of the catalyst.
  • the method also includes pressing the mat onto a membrane, at step 411.
  • the catalyst includes platinum-supported carbon (Pt/C)
  • the ionomer includes Nafion ®
  • the step of forming the solution further includes mixing a third amount of a second polymer with the first amount of catalyst and second amount of ionomer.
  • the second polymer includes polyacrylic acid (PAA), and the ratios between the catalyst, ionomer, and second polymer are about 15:3:2 by weight.
  • the collector substrate includes a carbon paper or carbon cloth gas diffusion layer disposed on a rotating drum, wherein the collector substrate is separated from the needle tip at a distance of about 10 cm. A voltage of about 7.0 kV is applied between the needle tip and the collector substrate, and the solution is extruded from the needle tip at a flow rate of about 1 mL/hour.
  • the nanofibers are formed to have an average diameter of about 470 nm.
  • the nanofiber electrode, as formed has a Pt loading in a range from about 0.025 to about 0.4 mg/cm 2 and an electrochemical surface area of about 1 14 m 2 Pt/g Pt.
  • the present invention relates to a nanofiber electrode formed by a method that includes the steps of: mixing at least a first amount of a catalyst and a second amount of an ionomer to form a solution, shown by element 212 in FIG. 2 and element 312 in FIG. 3; delivering the solution into a metallic needle, shown by element 214 in FIG. 2 and element 314 in FIG. 3, that has a corresponding needle tip, shown by element 214a in FIG. 2 and element 314a in FIG. 3; applying a voltage between the needle tip and a collector substrate, shown by element 222 in FIG. 2 and element 302 in FIG.
  • the present invention relates to a membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) 100 for an electrochemical device.
  • the MEA 100 includes a membrane 1 14 having a first surface 1 14a and an opposite, second surface 114b, an anode 113 disposed on the first surface 1 14a of the membrane 114, and a cathode 119 disposed on the second surface 1 14b of the membrane 1 14.
  • the cathode 1 19 is formed by the steps of: mixing at least a first amount of a catalyst and a second amount of an ionomer to form a solution; delivering the solution into a metallic needle having a needle tip; applying a voltage between the needle tip and a collector substrate positioned at a distance from the needle tip; extruding the solution from the needle tip at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun nanofibers and deposit the generated nanofibers on the collector substrate to form a mat having a porous network of nanofibers, where each nanofiber has distributed particles of the catalyst; and pressing the mat onto the second surface of the membrane.
  • the nanofibers are formed to have an average diameter of about 470 nm
  • the catalyst includes platinum-supported carbon (Pt/C) and the ionomer includes Nafion ® .
  • Forming the solution further includes mixing a third amount of a second polymer with the first amount of catalyst and second amount of ionomer, wherein the second polymer includes polyacrylic acid (PAA) and the ratios between the catalyst, ionomer, and second polymer are about 15:3 :2 by weight.
  • PPAA polyacrylic acid
  • the collector substrate includes a carbon paper or carbon cloth gas diffusion layer disposed on a rotating drum and the distance between the collector substrate and the needle tip is about 10 cm.
  • a voltage of about 7.0 kV is applied between the needle tip and the collector substrate. The solution is extruded from the needle tip at a flow rate of about 1 mL/hour.
  • the cathode, as formed has a Pt loading in a range from about 0.025 to about 0.4 mg/cm 2 and an electrochemical surface area of about 114 m 2 Pt/g Pt
  • the membrane is ionically conductive and, in one embodiment, the conductive membrane is proton conductive.
  • the proton conductive membrane includes a perfluorosulfonic acid (PAA) that includes Nafion ® .
  • PAA perfluorosulfonic acid
  • the membrane is a nanofiber composite membrane.
  • the catalyst includes at least one of, or a combination of, Pt particles, Pt alloy particles, Pt on carbon particles, precious metal particles, precious metal on carbon particles, precious metal based alloys, previous metal based alloys on carbon particles, Ag particles, Ni particles, Ag alloy particles, i alloy particles, Fe particles, Fe alloy particles, Pd particles, Pd alloy particles, core-shell catalyst particles, and non-platinum group (PGM) fuel cell catalysts.
  • the present invention relates to a membrane-electrode-assembly (MEA) 100 for an electrochemical device.
  • the MEA 100 includes a membrane 1 14 having a first surface 1 14a and an opposite, second surface 1 14b, and an anode 1 13 disposed on the first surface 1 14a of the membrane 1 14.
  • the anode 113 is formed by the steps of: mixing at least a first amount of a catalyst and a second amount of an ionomer to form a solution; delivering the solution into a metallic needle having a needle tip; applying a voltage between the needle tip and a collector substrate positioned at a distance from the needle tip; extruding the solution from the needle tip at a flow rate such as to generate electrospun nanofibers and deposit the generated nanofibers on the collector substrate to form a mat with a porous network of nanofibers, where each nanofiber has a plurality of particles of the catalyst distributed thereon; and pressing the mat onto the first surface 1 14a of the membrane 1 14.
  • the MEA also includes a cathode 119 disposed on the second surface 114b of the membrane 114.
  • forming the solution further includes mixing a third amount of a second polymer with the first amount of catalyst and second amount of ionomer.

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