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    Operando Observation of Sulfur Species Poisoning Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Studied by Near Ambient Pressure Hard X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
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    • Liwei Yu
      Liwei Yu
      Department of Materials Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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    • Yasumasa Takagi
      Yasumasa Takagi
      Department of Materials Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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    • Takahiro Nakamura
      Takahiro Nakamura
      Department of Materials Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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    • Tomohiro Sakata
      Tomohiro Sakata
      Innovation Research Center for Fuel Cells, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
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    • Tomoya Uruga
      Tomoya Uruga
      Innovation Research Center for Fuel Cells, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
      Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, SPring-8, Sayo, Hyogo 679-5198, Japan
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    • Mizuki Tada
      Mizuki Tada
      Research Center for Materials Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi 464-8602, Japan
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    • Yasuhiro Iwasawa
      Yasuhiro Iwasawa
      Innovation Research Center for Fuel Cells, The University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan
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    • Shigeyuki Masaoka
      Shigeyuki Masaoka
      Department of Materials Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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    • Toshihiko Yokoyama*
      Toshihiko Yokoyama
      Department of Materials Molecular Science, Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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    Operando S 1s hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic (HAXPES) measurements were performed to observe sulfur species poisoning polymer electrolyte fuel cell electrodes. Without artificial introduction of S-containing species, we observed several S species other than the sulfonic acid group of Nafion: anionic atomic S species adsorbed on the Pt nanoparticles, SO32– in the electrolyte, and S in the C support. As the voltage applied between the cathode and the anode increases, the adsorbed S species on the Pt nanoparticles at the cathode electrode are gradually diminished and completely disappear at ≥0.8 V due to oxidation reactions from adsorbed S to SO32– and possibly SO42– but is reproduced with a decrease in the voltage. With oxygen introduction to the cathode electrode, no sulfur species except the sulfonic acid group of Nafion were detected even at the lowest voltage. Schematic electric potential diagrams of the cathode, electrolyte, and anode are depicted. Upon the voltage change, the electric double layer varies on the cathode while it is kept constant (∼1.0 V) on the anode. It is emphasized that the electric potentials of the chemical species observed by HAXPES can distinguish the location of the specimen; the SO32– species is found not to be adsorbed on the electrode but to be solved in the electrolyte.

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