The important performance and cost attributes of the 80-kWc fuel cells with the nanostructured thin film (NSTF) catalyst are summerised and compared with results from a previous study with dispersed Pt catalysts. Also included are the corresponding 2010 Department of Energy (DOE) targets for automotive fuel cell systems. The following are some major conclusions from this study. At 0.3 mg/cm2 total Pt content in ternary NSTF catalysts, it is possible to reach a stack power density of 750 mW/cm2 at a cell voltage needed for 50% system efficiency at rated power. Water management and heat rejection are considerably simplified with the use of NSTF catalysts that operate drier and allow the stack temperature to exceed 90 deg C under infrequent driving conditions. With high volume manufacturing, the projected cost of the polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) stack with NSTF catalyst is 31 US-Dollar/kWc, exclusive of the cost of stack conditioning and manufacturer's markups. The total projected cost of 80-kWc fuel cells is 68 US-Dollar/kWc at high volume manufacturing. The balance of plant (BOP) components and stack contribute equally to the total cost.


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    Title :

    Performance of automotive fuel cell systems with nanostructured thin film catalysts


    Contributors:
    Ahluwalia, R. (author) / Wang, X. (author) / Lasher, S. (author) / Sinha, J. (author) / Yang, Y. (author) / Sriramulu, S. (author)


    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    4 Seiten, 4 Bilder, 1 Tabelle, 4 Quellen


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English