PEFC Power Generation Performance Degradation by Hydrogen Sulfide and Ammonia—Effects of Lowering Platinum Loading—

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Hydrogen for fuel cell vehicles is likely to contain impurities from its production process, and such impurities may poison the fuel cell catalyst, thus degrading the power generation performance of the polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) especially when the Platinum(Pt) loading is reduced. The effects of anode Pt loading on power generation performance degradation by H₂S and NH₃ in hydrogen fuel were investigated. The test results indicated that the lower the anode Pt loading, the more rapid the decrease in cell voltage under the influence of H₂S in the hydrogen. The amount of H₂S supplied to the cell until the cell voltage decreased by the same level (30 mV) was proportional to the anode Pt loading regardless of the hydrogen sulfide concentration. The cell voltage decrease by NH₃ in the hydrogen was not dependent on the anode Pt loading, but was influenced by the cathode Pt loading.