Development of durable and smart catalyst layer structures for low temperature PEM fuel cells
Implementing Organization
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Principal Investigator
Dr. Sarang P Gumfekar
Assistant Professor
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Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Chemical Engineering
CO-Principal Investigator
Shri Shaneeth M
Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre- ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Project Overview
The main objective of the proposal is to develop novel catalysts for the cathode of a Proton Exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) with the objective of replacing platinum catalyst. The work would be to evaluate the performance of these cathode catalysts in PEM fuel cell as compared to a Platinum catalyst, study the performance degradation of these catalysts in an operating PEM fuel cell and understand the life term performance of these novel catalyst.