Highlights Realistic air start-ups studied up to 1000 cycles, evidencing heterogeneities Severe catalyst ageing and moderate catalyst layer thinning observed at air inlet SU-AST effectively predicts degradation of thousands of air start-ups Dominant Pt instability highlighted, with parameters trends aligned to DoE Electrocatalyst AST A correlation for the ECSA decay with the start-up maximum potential is proposed.

Air-Start-Up of PEM Fuel Cells Under Automotive Conditions: Analysing Degradation Mechanisms via Accelerated Protocols Comparison

Colombo E.;Casalegno A.;Bisello A.;Rovatti L.;Baricci A.
2025-01-01

Abstract

Highlights Realistic air start-ups studied up to 1000 cycles, evidencing heterogeneities Severe catalyst ageing and moderate catalyst layer thinning observed at air inlet SU-AST effectively predicts degradation of thousands of air start-ups Dominant Pt instability highlighted, with parameters trends aligned to DoE Electrocatalyst AST A correlation for the ECSA decay with the start-up maximum potential is proposed.
2025
accelerated stress test; ageing; carbon corrosion; degradation mechanism; polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell; Pt dissolution/reprecipitation; Start-up;
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