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Effects of SO2 on Cathode Performance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell

YANG Dai-Jun1,2, MA Jian-Xin1,3*, MA Xiao-Wei3, ZHOU Wei1,3, XU Lin4, WU Min-Zhong4, WAN Gang1   

    1. Clean Energy Automotive Engineering Center, Tongji University, Shanghai 201804, China;
    2. School of Resource & Environmental Engineering, East China University of Science & Technology, Shanghai 200237, China;
    3. Institute for Hydrogen Technologies, School for Automotive Studies, Tongji University,
    4. Shanghai Fuel Cell Powertrain System Co. Ltd., Shanghai 201804, China
  • Received:2006-06-09 Revised:1900-01-01 Online:2007-04-10 Published:2007-04-10
  • Contact: MA Jian-Xin

Abstract: SO2 with volume fractions from 5×10-8 to 3.2×10-6 was introduced into the cathode of a single Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell(PEMFC) to investigate the effect of SO2 on the performance of the PEMFC. Voltage-time(V-t) curve and polarization(V-I) curves show that 5×10-7 SO2 can cause significant and irreversible effect on the cell performance, and the performance decay increases with SO2 volume fraction increasing. Using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS), it was found that after being poisoned by 5×10-7 SO2 for 130 h, the charge transfer resistance(Rct) was reversible after cathode purging for 20 h and cyclic voltammetry(CV) test, however the surface state of the cathode was permanently changed. A reduction of the electrochemical active surface(EAS) of the cathode, which contributed to the irreversible cell performance decay, was confirmed by cyclic voltammograms.

Key words: Proton exchange membrane fuel cell(PEMFC), Cathode, Sulfur dioxide

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