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Li Yuping
Jiang Luhua
Wang Suli
Sun Gongquan
Influence of phosphoric anions on oxygen reduction reaction activity of platinum, and strategies to inhibit phosphoric anion adsorption
Li Yupinga, b, Jiang Luhuaa, Wang Sulia, Sun Gongquana     
a. Dalian National Laboratory for Clean Energy, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China ;
b. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
* Corresponding author. Tel: +86‐411‐84379603; E‐mail: sunshine@dicp.ac.cn Tel: +86‐411‐84379063; E‐mail: gqsun@dicp.ac.cn
Abstract: Nafion-membrane-based proton exchange fuel cells (PEMFCs) typically operate at below 100 ℃. However, H3PO4-doped polybenzimidazole (PBI)-based PEMFCs can operate at 100-200 ℃. This is advantageous because of accelerated reaction rates and enhanced tolerance to poisons such as CO and SO2, which can arise from reformed gas or the atmosphere. However, the strong adsorption of phosphoric anions on the Pt surface dramatically decreases the electrocatalytic activity. This study exploits the "third-body effect", in which a small amount of organic molecules are pre-adsorbed on the Pt surface to inhibit the adsorption of phosphoric anions. Pre-adsorbate species inhibit the adsorption of phosphoric anions, but can also partially occlude active sites. Thus, the optimum pre-adsorbate coverage is studied by correlating the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) activity of Pt with pre-adsorbate coverage on the Pt surface. The influence of the pre-adsorbate molecule length is investigated using the organic amines, butylamine, octylamine, and dodecylamine, in both 0.1 mol/L HClO4 and 0.1 mol/L H3PO4. Such amines readily bond to the Pt surface. In aqueous HClO4 electrolyte, the ORR activity of Pt decreases monotonically with increasing pre-adsorbate coverage. In aqueous H3PO4 electrolyte, the ORR activity of Pt initially increases and then decreases with increasing pre-adsorbate coverage. The maximum ORR activity in H3PO4 occurs at a pre-adsorbate coverage of around 20%. The effect of molecular length of the pre-adsorbate is negligible, but its coverage strongly affects the degree to which phosphoric anion adsorption is inhibited. Butylamine adsorbs to Pt at partial active sites, which decreases the electrochemically active surface area. Adsorbed butylamine may also modify the electronic structure of the Pt surface. The ORR activity in the phosphoric acid electrolyte remains relatively low, even when using the pre-adsorbate modified Pt/C catalysts. Further development of the catalyst and electrolyte is required before the commercialization of H3PO4-PBI-based PEMFCs can be realized.
© 2016, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Key words:      磷酸毒化     氧还原反应     修饰电极     磷酸掺杂PBI膜燃料电池    
铂催化氧还原反应过程中磷酸的影响及抑制磷酸吸附策略
李玉萍a, b, 姜鲁华a, 王素力a, 孙公权a     
a. 中国科学院大连化学物理研究所, 洁净能源国家实验室(筹), 辽宁 大连 116023 ;
b. 中国科学院大学, 北京 100049
摘要:与低温(<100℃)质子交换膜燃料电池相比,磷酸掺杂PBI膜燃料电池可工作于100-200℃,工作温度的提高有利于提高电极反应动力学速率、增加Pt催化剂对CO等毒物的耐受性,以及简化电池水管理等.然而,磷酸在Pt催化剂表面吸附较强,这将造成Pt一定程度的毒化.基于"第三体效应",即在Pt表面预吸附某些小分子,可在一定程度上抑制磷酸吸附,然而预吸附分子同时也将占据Pt表面部分活性位点,因而Pt的催化性能最终由两个因素决定:磷酸抑制程度和预吸附分子在Pt表面的覆盖度.本文系统考察了Pt表面预吸附分子覆盖度和预吸附分子链长对其催化氧还原反应(ORR)活性的影响.首先,通过控制预吸附了胺类分子的Pt电极的电位,得到表面具有不同覆盖度的Pt电极,考察了0.1mol/LH3PO4电解液中Pt电极对ORR的催化活性随预吸附分子覆盖度的变化规律;为分离磷酸吸附和修饰分子吸附本身对Pt催化活性的影响,对比了0.1mol/LHClO4电解液中Pt电极对ORR的催化活性随预吸附分子覆盖度的变化规律.进一步对比研究了不同链长胺分子-正丁胺(BA)、正辛胺(OA)及十二胺(DA)等作为修饰分子对Pt/C催化剂电催化ORR活性的影响.结果表明,随修饰分子在Pt表面覆盖度提高,在0.1mol/LHClO4溶液中,由于预吸附分子占据Pt部分活性位,修饰后光滑Pt电极表面的本征活性单调下降;而在0.1mol/LH3PO4中,修饰后光滑Pt电极表面的ORR活性呈现先升高后降低的趋势,当预吸附分子覆盖度约为20%时,其ORR活性最高,为未修饰的光滑Pt电极表面的1.67倍.这表明预吸附分子有效抑制了磷酸的吸附,且当预吸附分子覆盖度约为20%时,预吸附分子对Pt表面的占据与其抑制磷酸吸附的作用达到最佳平衡点.然而,当修饰分子BA,OA和DA在Pt表面覆盖度分别为38.6%, 26.1%和26.1%时,Pt/C在0.1mol/LH3PO4中的ORR催化活性接近,分别为未经修饰Pt/C电催化剂的1.7, 1.8和2.0倍,这表明预吸附分子链长对ORR催化活性影响较小,表面预吸附分子抑制磷酸吸附的策略对Pt/C催化剂也同样适用.同时,Pt/C电极经BA,OA和DA修饰后,其在0.1mol/LHClO4中的比表面活性分别为未经修饰Pt/C电催化剂的1.0, 1.1和1.3倍,与修饰后光滑Pt电极表面本征ORR活性变化规律不一致.然而,与Pt在HClO4电解质中的ORR活性相比,ORR的半波电位仍有大约123mV的差距,今后还需继续从催化剂的角度,如调控Pt表面的吸附特性,或从创新电解质的角度,如有机磷酸电解质等出发解决磷酸毒化的问题.
关键词Platinum     Phosphoric anion poisoning     Oxygen reduction reaction     Modified electrode     H3PO4-PBI based fuel cells    
1 Introduction

Nafion-membrane-based proton exchange fuel cells (PEMFCs) typically operate at below 100 °C. However,H3PO4-doped polybenzimidazole (PBI)-based PEMFCs can operate at 100‒200 °C, so are known as high-temperature PEMFCs (HT-PEMFCs). This is advantageous because of accelerated reaction rates and enhanced tolerance to poisons such as CO and SO2, which can arise from reformed gas or the atmosphere. The higher operation temperature also simplifies water management of the single phase. HT-PEMFCs are highly efficient and environmentally benign power generators, so have extensive application prospects in power stations and potable power sources [1]. Phosphoric acid-doped PBI is a “state-of-the-art” electrolyte in HT-PEMFCs as it possesses high conductivity and superior stability at temperatures as high as 200 °C [2-6]. H3PO4 is doped into the PBI and also added to the catalyst layer to facilitate proton transfer. Unfortunately,H3PO4 also tends to adsorb on the Pt surface, which occludes Pt active sites and degrades its catalytic activity [7]. There is an ~38‒93-mV loss in the half-wave potential of the cathodic oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) of Pt in the presence of H3PO4 compared with that in pure HClO4 electrolyte. The exact loss depends on the dominant exposed facet of the Pt, and occurs at H3PO4 concentrations as low as 1 mmol/L [8].

In the past, phosphoric anion adsorption on the Pt surface has attempted to be mitigated by modifying the electronic structure [9] or tuning the geometric configuration of Pt [10]. Pt alloys such as PtNi and PtCo exhibit a d-band center that is down-shifted compared with that of Pt. This down-shift results in weaker adsorption of phosphoric anions and hydroxide anions [11]. The situation is different for PtAu alloys, in which the d-band center of the Pt is up-shifted. Nevertheless, better ORR activity of PtAu was observed in H3PO4 electrolyte compared with Pt. This was explained by the geometric effect, where phosphoric anions preferentially adsorb at “three-fold sites” on the Pt surface [8, 12, 13]. The presence of such sites is lower on the PtAu alloy surface because Pt atoms are isolated by Au atoms [14].

Another strategy was recently proposed to suppress phosphoric anion adsorption. This involves pre-adsorbing CN and other molecules on the Pt surface. This decreases the availability of three-fold sites on the Pt surface and thus suppresses phosphoric anion adsorption. This has been referred to as the “third-body effect” [15, 16]. Pre-adsorbates suppress the adsorption of phosphoric anions, but sacrifice partial Pt active sites. Thus, the catalytic activity of Pt depends on the pre- adsorbate coverage. Markovic et al. [17] investigated poisoning of the Pt(111) surface by sulfuric anions, and correlated the pre-adsorbate surface coverage (ΘCNad) with the ORR activity in 0.05 mol/L H2SO4. A small change in ΘCNad had a dramatic effect on the ORR activity and peroxide production. When the electronic and ensemble effects of adsorbed spectators were balanced, the ORR activity exhibited a bell-shaped dependence on coverage, at a ΘCNad of 0.3 ML (atomic monolayer). As well as acting as a third body, electron-donating pre-adsorbates reportedly modify the electronic structure of Pt in Pt alloys, thus improving the catalytic activity [9, 18-21].

Amine functional groups readily bond with Pt and their N atoms can potentially donate electrons to transition metals [9, 22-24]. In the current study, butylamine (BA) is used as a pre-adsorbate. The influence of BA coverage on the ORR activity of a smooth Pt bulk electrode is investigated in 0.1 mol/L HClO4 and 0.1 mol/L H3PO4. The influence of the length of the pre-adsorbate molecule on the ORR activity of a Pt/C catalyst is then investigated in 0.1 mol/L HClO4 and 0.1 mol/L H3PO4. A series of organic amines,BA, octylamine (OA), and dodecylamine (DA) is used for this purpose.

2 Experimental
2.1 Preparation of working electrode
2.1.1 Modification of the smooth Pt bulk electrode

Before modification, the Pt bulk electrode (diameter of 5 mm, geometric surface area of 0.196 cm2) was polished using 50 nm Al2O3 paste, and then cleaned consecutively in concentrated sulfuric acid and sodium hydroxide. Two μL of BA solution (0.01 mmol/L in ethanol) was pipetted onto the Pt surface. Evaporation of the ethanol yielded the BA-modified Pt bulk electrode.

2.1.2 Modification of the Pt/C catalyst

Fifty mg of Pt/C catalyst (Johnson Matthey,HISPECTM4000, 40 wt% Pt) was wetted by distilled water, and then dispersed in ethanol to form a uniform ink of concentration of 1 mg/mL. Four μL of BA was then dissolved in ethanol, and was added dropwise to the catalyst ink under ultrasonication. The ink was then filtered, washed with ethanol, and dried under vacuum. The obtained sample was denoted as BA-Pt/C. Replacing BA with OA or DA yielded OA-Pt/C and DA-Pt/C, respectively.

2.1.3 Preparation of the thin film electrode

The preparation of the thin film electrode is described elsewhere [25, 26]. Briefly, the catalyst powder was dispersed in a water/5 wt% Nafion-ionomer/ethanol solution (1:1:100,v/v/v), to form a uniform ink of concentration of 2.5 mg/mL. A glassy carbon rotating disc electrode (diameter of 5 mm, geometric surface area of 0.196 cm2) was polished and cleaned. Ten μL of ink was then pipetted on the glassy carbon electrode and allowed to dry, to form a thin uniform catalyst film. The Pt loading on the working electrode was 25 g/cm2.

2.2 Determination of BA coverage on Pt bulk surface, and measurements of ORR activity
2.2.1 Electrochemical apparatus

Electrochemical measurements were conducted on a CHI 760B instrument, using a typical three-electrode cell, with a Pt wire as a counter electrode and saturated calomel electrode (SCE, 0.302 V vs. reversible hydrogen electrode (RHE) in 0.1 mol/L HClO4, 0.327 V vs. RHE in 0.1 mol/L H3PO4) as a reference electrode. A salt bridge was used to prevent contamination of the electrolyte and Pt catalyst by Cl. All potentials stated in this study have been converted into potentials vs. RHE.

2.2.2 Determination of BA coverage on Pt surface

The modified Pt bulk electrode was first electrochemically cleaned in N2-saturated 0.1 mol/L HClO4 by cycling in the potential window 0.05‒1.05 V (a safe window for BA) at a scan rate of 100 mV/s. This removed ethanol and other contaminants. BA molecules gradually desorbed or were electrochemically oxidized when the potential was higher than +1.1 V. After cleaning, the electrode was experienced potential scanning from 0.05 to 1.1 V to desorb BA molecules gradually by increasing the sweep cycles. The BA coverage was determined by comparing the charge of the underpotential adsorption- desorption of atomic hydrogen (QH) in the potential window of 0.05‒0.42 V in the background cyclic voltammetry (CV) curve of the modified Pt bulk electrode with that of a clean Pt bulk electrode. A constant of 0.21 mC/cm2Pt (ΘBA= QH/Q0H) was assumed.

2.2.3 Measurement of ORR activity

Electrodes were first electrochemically cleaned in N2-saturated 0.1 mol/L HClO4 by cycling from 0.05 to 1.05 V at a scan rate of 100 mV/s. Background CV curves and ORR polarization curves were collected at a scan rate of 10 mV/s in N2-saturated 0.1 mol/L HClO4 (statistic),O2-saturated 0.1 mol/L HClO4, and 0.1 mol/L H3PO4, at a rotation rate of 1600 r/min. The specific activity was evaluated from the kinetic current at 0.9 V vs. RHE, using the Koutecky-Levich equation:

$1/i=1/{{i}_{k}}+\text{ }1/{{i}_{lim}}$

where i and ilim are the measured ORR current at 0.9 V and limiting current collected at 0.4 V, respectively, in ORR polarization curves.

3 Results and discussion
3.1 CV curves and ORR polarization curves over the smooth Pt surface in HClO4 and H3PO4 electrolytes

CV curves and ORR polarization curves were recorded over the smooth Pt surface in HClO4 and H3PO4electrolytes, and are shown in Fig. 1. The CV curves of the smooth Pt surface (Fig. 1(a)) in both electrolytes can be divided into three regions: the underpotential adsorption-desorption of hydrogen region (0.05‒0.4 V vs. RHE), double-layer region (0.4‒0.6 V vs. RHE), and Pt oxidation region (0.6‒1.05 V vs. RHE). The most significant difference in the CV curve recorded in H3PO4 compared with that recorded in HClO4 occurs in the underpotential adsorption-desorption of hydrogen region. In HClO4, two distinct peaks are observed at 0.13 and 0.22‒0.4 V, which are attributed to Pt(110) and Pt(111), respectively. In H3PO4, the peak at 0.13 V is weaker, while the peak at 0.27 V is sharper, compared with in HClO4. The sharp current peak at 0.27 V may result from the adsorption of phosphoric anions on the reconstructed Pt surface; i.e. at potential induced stepped faces and oriented terraces from the low index facet. This is similar to observations of Au surfaces [8, 27]. The integrated charge of the hydrogen region in H3PO4 is therefore unreliable for determining the active surface of Pt, although this approach is suitable for Pt in the HClO4 electrolyte. The potential of OH adsorption shifts to more positive values compared with the Pt oxidation region in HClO4. This indicates suppressed adsorption of OH species on the Pt surface and the delayed formation of platinum oxide in H3PO4. This is probably due to the competitive adsorption of phosphoric anions and OH species at 0.4-0.87 V [13].

Fig. 1. CV curves (a) and ORR polarization curves (b) of clean Pt bulk electrodes in 0.1 mol/L HClO4 and 0.1 mol/L H3PO4.

ORR polarization curves over the smooth Pt surface in HClO4 and H3PO4 electrolytes are shown in Fig. 1(b). The onset potential and half-wave potential of the ORR polarization curves of the Pt bulk surface in H3PO4 exhibit large shifts to more negative potentials compared with those in HClO4. The charge of hydrogen underpotential adsorption-desorption (denoted QH), onset potential, half-wave potential, and geometric kinetic current density are listed in Table 1. The ORR kinetic current density of the clean Pt bulk electrode in H3PO4 is 17% of that in HClO4. This confirms the poisoning of Pt by phosphoric anions [8]. The maximum ORR current in the diffusion controlled region in H3PO4 (0.9 mA) is less than that in HClO4 (1.1 mA) under the same rotation rate. This may partly result from the decrease in Pt active sites because of the strong adsorption of phosphoric anions, and more significantly to the 2e ORR pathway at < 0.3 V [17, 28].

Table 1
Comparison of integrated Had/de charges (QHupd), ORR onset potentials (E0), half-wave potentials (E1/2), and kinetic current densities at 0.9 V (jk@0.9V) normalized to the geometric surface area of the electrode over the smooth Pt surface in 0.1 mol/L HClO4 and 0.1 mol/L H3PO4.

3.2 Influence of BA coverage on the ORR activity of BA-modified Pt

The underpotential adsorption-desorption of hydrogen regions of CV curves for the modified Pt bulk electrode with varying BA coverage is shown in Fig. 2. CV curves recorded in HClO4 and H3PO4 are shown in Fig. 2(a) and (b), respectively. The notation “CX BA-Pt” bulk indicates the CV curve collected after X cycles from 0.05 to 1.1 V. From C1 BA-Pt bulk to C7 BA-Pt bulk (i.e. with increasing potential cycles as described in Section 2.2), the hydrogen underpotential adsorption- deposition current gradually increases, and peaks of the respective Pt crystal facet become more distinct. This is evidence for the continuous desorption of BA from the Pt surface, and thus the decrease in BA coverage. ORR polarization curves of the modified Pt bulk surface in HClO4 and H3PO4 electrolytes are shown in Fig. 2(c) and (d), respectively. The derived ORR kinetic current density at 0.9 V (in the mixed kinetic-diffusion controlled region) as a function of BA coverage is shown in Fig. 2(e) and (f). The ORR activity of the modified Pt bulk surface progressively decreases with increasing BA coverage in HClO4, as shown in Fig. 2(e). BA molecules inevitably occupy partial Pt active sites, which decreases the electrochemically active surface area. Adsorbed BA may also modify the electronic structure of the Pt surface. Previous studies have investigated the electronic adjustment of Pt by polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). N atoms of adsorbed PVP accepted electrons from the Pt atoms of particles larger than 20 nm, or even bulk Pt. Pt atoms accepted electrons from the N atoms of PVP for Pt nanoparticles smaller than 7 nm [18]. In the current study, bulk Pt may donate electrons to BA. The electron density of the modified Pt bulk surface is likely to be lowered, and the d-band center shifted to more positive potential, which is detrimental to ORR activity.

Fig. 2. CV curves (a, b),ORR polarization curves (c, d), and geometric specific activity (kinetic current density at 0.9 V) (e, f) of bulk Pt with varying coverages of BA, in 0.1 mol/L HClO4 and 0.1 mol/L H3PO4.

In H3PO4 electrolyte, the Pt surface is partially covered by phosphoric anions. Pre-adsorbing BA on the Pt surface suppresses the adsorption of phosphoric anions, relative to that of unmodified Pt. Fig. 2(f) shows that the ORR activity of the smooth bulk Pt electrode exhibits a bell-shaped profile with BA coverage. The highest ORR activity is obtained at a BA coverage of ~20%. The specific ORR activity of the modified Pt surface is lower than that of the clean bulk Pt electrode, until the BA coverage becomes higher than 50%. The bell-shaped profile in ORR activity is reasonable considering the co-adsorption of BA and phosphoric anions on the Pt surface. Phosphoric anions preferentially adsorb on the Pt surface in face-centered cubic (fcc) or fcc-inverted form, occupying three-fold sites [8, 12, 13]. BA prefers to occupy the “atop” sites of Pt [22], as shown in Fig. 3. The selective adsorption of BA decreases the availability of three-fold sites, which suppresses the adsorption of phosphoric anions. A BA coverage of 20% results in the minimum co-coverage of BA and phosphoric anions, and thus the highest ORR activity as shown in Fig. 3.

Fig. 3. Strategy to suppress the adsorption of phosphoric anions via the third-body effect.

3.3 Effect of molecular length of pre-adsorbate on suppression of phosphoric anion adsorption

BA,OA, and DA have similar molecular structures, but different chain lengths of ~0.6, 1.2, and 1.8 nm, respectively. These amines are used as pre-adsorbates to investigate the effect of molecular length on the suppression of phosphoric anion adsorption on the Pt surface, and thus on ORR activity.

Background CV curves,ORR polarization curves, and ORR-specific activities of BA-Pt/C,OA-Pt/C, and DA-Pt/C catalysts in H3PO4 and HClO4 electrolytes are shown in Fig. 4. Compared with pristine Pt/C, the QH is lower for the BA-Pt/C,OA-Pt/C, and DA-Pt/C catalysts in both 0.1 mol/L HClO4 and 0.1 mol/L H3PO4, as shown in Fig. 4(a) and (b), respectively. In 0.1 mol/L HClO4, with increasing pre-adsorbate length, the QH values are DA-Pt/C (28.4 μC) ≈ OA-Pt/C (28.8 μC) > BA-Pt/C (24.8 μC). In H3PO4, the QH values are BA-Pt/C (32.1 μC) > OA-Pt/C (27.6 μC) > DA-Pt/C (26.2 μC). In H3PO4, the “apparent” underpotential hydrogen adsorption-desorption current contains contributions from the adsorption-desorption of hydrogen and that of phosphoric anions. Thus, the QH is unreliable for calculating the electrochemically active surface area in H3PO4, as is usually done when using HClO4.

Fig. 4. CV curves (a, b),ORR polarization curves (c, d), and specific activities (kinetic current densities) at 0.9 V (e, f) of BA-modified,OA-modified, and DA-modified Pt/C in 0.1 mol/L HClO4 and 0.1 mol/L H3PO4.

ORR polarization curves over the modified Pt/C electrodes in HClO4 and H3PO4 electrolytes, and derived Tafel plots, are shown in Fig. 4(c) and (d). For the HClO4 electrolyte,ORR currents (at 0.9 V) in the Tafel plots (insets in Fig. 4(c) and (d)) are normalized to the electrochemically active surface area (ECSA) and Pt mass. For the H3PO4 electrolyte, they are only normalized to the Pt mass, as shown in Fig. 4(e) and (f). The ECSA cannot be calculated from the hydrogen region because of the influence by phosphoric anion adsorption on the Pt surface in H3PO4. In HClO4, the lower ECSA of BA/OA/DA-Pt/C due to coverage by the pre-adsorbate has little influence on the specific ORR activity. This is evidenced by their near overlapping ORR curves in Fig. 4(c), and their similar ORR-specific currents in Fig. 4(e).

The modified Pt/C catalyst exhibits better ORR activity in phosphoric acid compared with the unmodified Pt/C catalyst. This is shown in Fig. 4(d) and (f). The half-wave potential shifts by 35 mV to more positive potential. The Pt mass-specific activities of the BA-Pt/C,OA-Pt/C, and DA-Pt/C catalysts are 1.67, 1.72, and 1.9-fold that of the Pt/C catalyst, respectively. This suggests that pre-adsorbates suppress the adsorption of phosphoric anions, as is observed on the smooth Pt surface. The molecular length of the pre-adsorbate has little influence on the adsorption of phosphoric anions, in contrast to pre-adsorbate coverage. Compared with the HClO4 electrolyte, the ORR activity in the phosphoric acid electrolyte remains relatively low, even when using the pre-adsorbate-modified Pt/C catalysts. This is because HClO4 only weakly adsorbs to Pt. Further development of the catalyst and electrolyte [7, 29-31] is required to overcome phosphoric anon poisoning before the commercialization of H3PO4-PBI-based PEMFCs can be realized.

4 Conclusions

This study aimed to mitigate the poisoning of Pt by phosphoric anions using the third-body effect. This involved pre-adsorbing a small amount of organic molecules on Pt to inhibit the adsorption of phosphoric anions. In aqueous HClO4 electrolyte, the ORR activity of Pt decreases monotonically with increasing pre-adsorbate coverage. In aqueous H3PO4 electrolyte, the ORR activity of Pt initially increases and then decreases with increasing pre-adsorbate coverage, with the optimum coverage observed at ~20%. The molecular length of the pre- adsorbate has a negligible effect on the ORR activity, but its coverage strongly affects the inhibition of phosphoric anion adsorption. The ORR activity of the modified Pt/C remains relatively low in phosphoric acid compared with in the absence of phosphoric acid. Further development is required to improve the ORR activity of Pt-based catalysts in phosphoric acid.

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