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3 XAS Investigations of PEM Fuel Cells

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Polymer-electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells are still far from an area-wide market launch due in part to long-term stability, reliability and cost issues. A more detailed knowledge of the underlying reaction mechanisms is expected to further their application, as it would allow for the design of tailor-made catalysts. However, this will only be possible by complementing traditional in situ studies on single-crystals in electrochemical cells with more sophisticated metal/electrolyte interfacial studies by novel spectroscopic methodologies, which can provide complementary insights into the behaviour of commercial catalysts under real fuel cell operating conditions. This review will focus on the advances of Xray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) in applied fuel cell research utilizing several examples. XAS enables both the nanoparticle morphology and the adsorbate coverage and binding site to be investigated with just one technique. The latter is possible when complementing the conventional extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) analysis with the more novel Δμ XANES approach.

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Roth, C., Ramaker, D.E. (2011). 3 XAS Investigations of PEM Fuel Cells. In: Vayenas, C. (eds) Interfacial Phenomena in Electrocatalysis. Modern Aspects of Electrochemistry, vol 51. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-5580-7_3

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