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US 10,734,658 · App. 14/680,316 · Granted Aug 4, 2020

Electrode catalyst for fuel cell and method of producing the same, and cathode, anode, and fuel cell including electrode catalyst

Inventors: Tetsuo Nagami (Nagoya, JP); Hiromitsu Tanaka (Nagakute, JP); Mikihiro Kataoka (Kakegawa, JP); Tomohiro Ishida (Kakegawa, JP)
Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; CATALER CORPORATION
H01M4/926H01M4/92H01M4/921
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Patent No.
US 10,734,658
App. No.
14/680,316
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electrode catalyst for a fuel cell including: a carbon support; and catalytic metal supported on the carbon support, the catalytic metal being selected from platinum or a platinum alloy, in which the carbon support has a crystallite size of (002) plane of carbon within a range of 5.0 nm or more and has a specific surface area within a range of 95 m 2 /g to 170 m 2 /g, and the catalytic metal has a crystallite size of (220) plane of platinum within a range of 4.5 nm or less.

Claims (19)

1. An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell comprising:

a carbon support having a plurality of crystallite, a crystallite size of (002) plane of crystallite within a range of 5.0 nm or more, and having a specific surface area within a range of 95 m 2 /g to 170 m 2 /g and

catalytic metal selected from platinum or a platinum alloy and

the catalytic metal has a crystallite size of (220) plane of platinum being equal to or greater than 3.2 nm and smaller than 4.1 nm, and

wherein the catalytic metal is supported on the carbon support.

2. The electrode catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein an intensity ratio of a D-band peak intensity to a G-band peak intensity in a Raman spectrum of the carbon support is lower than 0.9.

3. The electrode catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the carbon support has at least pores having an average radius of 1.0 nm to 2.5 nm.

4. The electrode catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the catalytic metal is platinum and has a CO adsorption amount of 24 ml/g-Pt or more.

5. The electrode catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein the catalytic metal is a platinum alloy and has a CO adsorption amount of 18 ml/g-Pt or more.

6. The electrode catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein a support amount of the catalytic metal is within a range of 15 mass % to 35 mass % with respect to a total mass of the electrode catalyst.

7. The electrode catalyst according to claim 1 , wherein a support amount of the catalytic metal is equal to or higher than 4.5 mass % and less than 15 mass % with respect to a total mass of the electrode catalyst.

8. A cathode comprising:

the electrode catalyst according to claim 1 .

9. An anode comprising:

the electrode catalyst according to claim 1 .

10. A fuel cell comprising:

the cathode according to claim 8 .

11. A fuel cell comprising:

the anode according to claim 9 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2015
From: NAGAMI, TETSUO; TANAKA, HIROMITSU; KATAOKA, MIKIHIRO; ISHIDA, TOMOHIRO
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA; CATALER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 035347/0260 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-083300 · Apr 15, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150295250A1 · Oct 15, 2015