低温燃料电池作为一种新型的能源装置,具有能量转换效率高、工作温度低、无污染、液体燃料处理简单、启动迅速等诸多优点,已成为世界各国竞相研究的热点。有机小分子的高效电催化氧化直接关系到低温燃料电池的发展和应用。低温燃料电池的电极材料主要是碳/贵金属复合材料,碳载体易导致贵金属粒子团聚、且易发生电氧化腐蚀等缺点降低了贵金属的利用率和电池的使用寿命。导电聚合物具有高的抗腐蚀性、高的表面积、低电阻和高稳定性得到很大关注。本文综述了近年来国内外导电聚合物/金属复合电极材料在燃料电池中的研究进展。
Low-temperature fuel cells as new-style energy devices have attracted great attention because of their high-energy conversion efficiency, low operating temperature, low pollutant emission, the simplicity of handling liquid fuel and quick startup. High efficient electrochemical oxidation of small organic molecules will be directly related to the development and application of low-temperature fuel cells. The current state of the art employs carbon-supported platinum and platinum alloys as anode and cathode catalysts in low-temperature fuel cells. However, carbon material may cause easily Pt particle aggregation and carbon corrosion occurred by electrochemical oxidation, which lower the utilization rate of Pt and the lifetime of fuel cell. CPs have attracted great attention because of their advantages of high anti corrosion, low resistance and high stability. In this paper, we illustrate the recent research progress of some CPs/metal composites proposed as electrode materials for fuel cells.