Proceedings of MATSUS Spring 2024 Conference (MATSUS24)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.29363/nanoge.matsus.2024.236
Publication date: 18th December 2023
Fuel cells and electrolyzers require electrocatalysts to minimize losses during energy conversion processes. It is common practice that researchers rely solely on electrochemical methods to test stability in search of novel electrocatalysts. While degradation can be tracked using such methods, they fail when one aims to understand governing degradation mechanisms responsible for the losses in catalyst performance. Complementary physicochemical techniques are required. One such technique is inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) – the main topic of my talk.
ICP-MS is commonly used as a quality control tool, e.g., to confirm if a desired alloy composition is obtained during synthesis. Recently, ICP-MS has been increasingly involved in electrocatalysis research, e.g., checking electrolytes from batch cells on the presence of dissolved species. However, this technique's potential is revealed when ICP-MS is directly connected to an electrochemical cell – online or in-situ ICP-MS. This tool provides time- and potential-resolved analysis of electrocatalyst corrosion during electrochemical tests.
Since ICP-MS is still a somewhat less known technique in catalysis research, my talk will start with a brief introduction to this analytical chemistry tool. Main operational principles and their importance when coupling ICP-MS to an electrochemical cell will be discussed. Existing approaches to couple electrochemistry to ICP-MS will be briefly overviewed. To demonstrate how scientists can benefit from employing online ICP-MS in their research, representative examples from the author's works will be presented, including the dissolution of Pt in fuel cells and Ir in water electrolyzers. The talk will be summarized by showing how in-situ ICP-MS can be implemented in modern automated and autonomous electrocatalysis research.
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