1. Dr Shangfeng Du
Fuel Cells Group, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham
Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick
Home: Anhui China

2. Research Areas: Nanoparticles for Fuel Cells
Nanoparticle catalysts for PEMFCs
Nano-size precious and non-precious electrocatalysts with new compositions and novel nanostructures.
Facile techniques for Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEAs) in PEMFCs and Scale-up in industry
One-step deposition method for integrated Gas Diffusion Electrodes (GDEs) by simple wet chemical methods.

3. Research Areas: Nanoparticles for Fuel Cells
Inorganic material study
Preparation processes, characterization techniques, and the potential applications, etc.
Nanoparticle aggregation analysis
Molecular attraction between nanoparticles, protein and viruses.

4. Polymer Electrolyte Membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell
Research background
PEMFC House
(With BAXI)
PEMFC Car:
(Micro:Cab)
A clean power generator
High cost; poor durability
Electro-catalyst layer:
Simple procedure and novel nanostructures
PEMFC

5. A facile procedure for catalyst layer
The normal method: three steps
A facile procedure for integrated Gas Diffusion Electrode (GDE) with Pt nanowires as catalysts on Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) (J Power Sources 195 (2010) 289)
One-step deposition method
Room temperature
Not using other catalysts or templates

6. Pt nanowires grown on GDL
Images
GDL before catalyst deposition
As-prepared GDE
Pt nanowires

7. Electrochemical impedance spectra
Performance
Commercial ETEK GDE 120E-W (BASF) As-prepared GDE with Pt nanowires

8. Comparison of the power density
Performance

9. Oxygen & H2O Awards in French

10. Thank you
for your attention!