Mara Beltrán-Gastélum, Samantha Goretti Portillo-Fuentes, José Roberto Flores-Hernández, Moisés Israel Salazar-Gastélum, Balter Trujillo-Navarrete, Tatiana Romero-Castañón, Carolina Silva-Carrillo, Edgar Alonso Reynoso-Soto, Rosa María Félix-Navarro

Ag-Cu Nanoparticles as Cathodic Catalysts for an Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • General Environmental Science
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In this work, the synthesis of bimetallic Ag and Cu particles on carbon vulcan (AgCu/C) is reported, synthesized by a simple galvanic displacement method using citrate tribasic hydrate as a co-reducing agent and a commercial material based on Cu/C as a template. The materials were characterized by several physicochemical techniques, including TGA, ICP-OES, XRD, SEM, and BET. The catalysts were evaluated as cathodic catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) and were used for the preparation of membrane electrode assemblies for evaluation in an Anion Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell (AEMFC). The results were compared with the commercial Ag/C and Cu/C catalysts; the bimetallic catalyst obtained a higher power density, which was attributed to a synergistic effect between Ag and Cu particles.

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