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- Title
Environmentally Friendly Recycling of Fuel-Cell Membrane Electrode Assemblies by Using Ionic Liquids.
- Authors
Balva, Maxime; Legeai, Sophie; Leclerc, Nathalie; Billy, Emmanuel; Meux, Eric
- Abstract
The platinum nanoparticles used as the catalyst in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) represent approximately 46 % of the total price of the cells for a large-scale production, and this is one of the barriers to their commercialization. Therefore, the recycling of the platinum catalyst could be the best alternative to limit the production costs of PEMFCs. The usual recovery routes for spent catalysts containing platinum are pyro-hydrometallurgical processes in which a calcination step is followed by aqua regia treatment, and these processes generate fumes and NO x emissions, respectively. The electrochemical recovery route proposed here is more environmentally friendly, performed under 'soft' temperature conditions, and does not result in any gas emissions. It consists of the coupling of the electrochemical leaching of platinum in chloride-based ionic liquids (ILs), followed by its electrodeposition. The leaching of platinum was studied in pure ILs and in ionic-liquid melts at different temperatures and with different chloride contents. Through the modulation of the composition of the ionic-liquid melts, it is possible to leach and electrodeposit the platinum from fuel-cell electrodes in a single-cell process under an inert or ambient atmosphere.
- Subjects
ELECTRODES in proton exchange membrane fuel cells; PLATINUM nanoparticles; ARTIFICIAL membranes; IONIC liquids; PLATINUM catalysts
- Publication
ChemSusChem, 2017, Vol 10, Issue 14, p2922
- ISSN
1864-5631
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cssc.201700456