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The Effect of the Stabilization and Carbonization Temperatures on the Properties of Microporous Carbon Nanofiber Cathodes for Fuel Cells on Polybenzimidazole Membrane

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Materials based on pyrolyzed electrospun nanofiber polyacrylonitrile were studied by the method of standard contact porosimetry. An influence of oxidation and pyrolysis temperatures on specific surface area. It was shown that an increase of oxidation temperature from 300 to 350°C and of pyrolysis temperature from 900 to 1000°C leads to a decrease of pore specific surface area and to a decrease of a part of micropore specific surface area. Platinated samples showed sufficient values of electrochemically active platinum surface area (12‒35 m2 g\(_{{{\text{Pt}}}}^{{ - 1}}\)) and were tested as cathodes for high temperature polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell. An increase in power density was found when a part of electrode micropore specific surface area was decreasing.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Elemental Analysis was performed with support of Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation using the equipment of Center for molecular composition studies of INEOS RAS.

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This study was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (project no. 18-13-00421).

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  1. A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds of Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991, Moscow, Russia

    K. M. Skupov, I. I. Ponomarev, Iv. I. Ponomarev, Yu. A. Volkova & D. Yu. Razorenov

  2. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119071, Moscow, Russia

    Yu. M. Vol’fkovich, A. D. Modestov & V. E. Sosenkin

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Skupov, K.M., Ponomarev, I.I., Vol’fkovich, Y.M. et al. The Effect of the Stabilization and Carbonization Temperatures on the Properties of Microporous Carbon Nanofiber Cathodes for Fuel Cells on Polybenzimidazole Membrane. Polym. Sci. Ser. C 62, 231–237 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1811238220020149

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