CO-tolerant anode catalyst for PEM fuel cell and its method of manufacturing

摘要

A supported platinum catalyst with good carbon monoxide poisoning resistance, for a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cell, comprises a finely divided conductive support material bearing platinum and ruthenium in highly dispersed unalloyed form, the crystallite size of the platinum being less than 2 nm and that of the ruthenium being less than 1 nm. Also claimed is production of the above catalyst by suspending the support material in water, adding aqueous Pt and/or Ru compound solutions, adjusting the pH to 7-9, depositing the Pt and/or Ru using a reducing agent, filtering off and washing the resulting catalyst, optionally depositing the other precious metal in the same way, and then drying at NOTGREATER 200 degrees C. Further claimed are a PEM fuel cell gas diffusion electrode, a catalyst-coated proton conductive polymer membrane for PEM fuel cells and a PEM fuel cell membrane-electrode unit with gas diffusion electrodes on both the cathode and anode sides of a proton conductive polymer membrane, in which the catalyst layer on the anode side comprises the above catalyst.