Sibunit Carbon‐Based Cathodes for Proton‐Exchange‐Membrane Fuel Cells

Abstract

Abstract Preparation, characterisation and evaluation of a novel cathode catalyst for H 2 /O 2 PEMFC – 40 wt.‐% Pt/Sibunit 1562P carbon – is presented. The performance of the cathodes based on the latter material is compared to that of a widely used commercially available reference material – 40 wt.‐% Pt/Vulcan XC 72R – Hispec 4000 (Johnson Matthey, UK). It has been found that the mass activity of the 40 wt.‐% Pt/Sibunit 1562P catalyst exceeds that of a commercial benchmark by a factor of 2 due to a better dispersion of the Pt metal realised in the Sibunit – supported catalyst. Mass transport properties of the two catalysts studied are virtually equal.