Authors: P Yong M PatersonBeedle I P Mikheenko L E Macaskie
Publish Date: 2007/02/13
Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 539-544
Abstract
Biosynthesis of nanoscale platinum and palladium was achieved via enzymaticallymediated deposition of metal ions from solution The bioaccumulated Pt0 and Pd0 crystals were dried applied onto carbon paper and tested as anodes in a polymer electrolyte membrane PEM fuel cell for power production Up to 100 and 81 of the maximum power generation was achieved by the bioPt and bioPd catalysts respectively compared to commercial fuel cell grade Pt catalyst Hence biomineralisation could pave the way for economical production of fuel cell catalysts since previous studies have shown that precious metals can be biorecovered from wastes into catalytically active bionanomaterialsThis work was supported by the Royal Society Industrial Fellowship and a Brian Mercer Senior Award for Innovation and the BBSRC Grant no BB/C516128/1 to LEM The authors wish to thank Professor K Kendall Department of Chemical Engineering University of Birmingham for helpful discussions
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