Title: Controllable synthesis, treatment, and characterization of anodes for Direct Formic Acid Fuel Cell Author: Igor Bieloshapka Department: Surface and Plasma Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University Supervisor of the doctoral thesis: Ing. Petr Jiříček, CSc., Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Division of Solid State Physics, Department of Optical Materials Abstract: This doctoral thesis concerns the preparation of anodes with Pd-based catalysts. Anodes were deposited on a support surface with magnetron sputtering. The prepared samples were tested in a direct formic acid fuel cell (DFAFC) station. Polyaniline, graphene oxide (GO) and reduced graphene oxide (RGO) have been additionally investigated as promising support material for polymer membrane fuel cells (FCs). A scanning electron microscope (SEM) and a transmission electron microscope (TEM) were used to observe the morphological differences between the prepared samples. Elemental composition and chemical states on the anode part were studied through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The results show that the power density of the prepared anodes with 3 nm of palladium thickness is lower only by 30% in comparison with chemically prepared catalysts. The highest power density results were achieved for the...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:455020 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Bieloshapka, Igor |
| Contributors | Jiříček, Petr, Khalakhan, Ivan, Plšek, Jan |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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