Research report 2010 - Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials GmbH
The Oxygen Reduction Reaction in the Focus of Interface Chemistry” or “What does Corrosion have in common with Fuel Cells?
Authors
Auer, Alexander A.; Biedermann, P. Ulrich; Mayrhofer, Karl J. J.
Departments
Grenzflächenchemie und Oberflächentechnik (Prof. Dr. Martin Stratmann)
Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf
Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf
Summary
Whether the future of automotive mobility lies in hydrogen fuel cell technology is still unclear – corrosion, however, is a serious problem in many areas of technology, because not only if you rest, you rust. While the two processes seem very different they have an important chemical reaction in common: the oxygen reduction reaction. At the Max Planck Institute for Iron Research GmbH in Düsseldorf this reaction is investigated in detail within an interdisciplinary project to make fuel cells better and corrosion protection more efficient.