Performance of direct methanol fuel cells with sputter-deposited anode catalyst layers

Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 497-500

  Witham, C K ^a   Chun, W ^a   Valdez, T I ^a   Narayanan, S R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CATALYSTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOL; PLATINUM; RUTHENIUM; RUTHERFORD BACKSCATTERING SPECTROSCOPY; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS;

FUEL CELLS;

EID: 0034321111     PISSN: 10990062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.1391190     Document Type: Article

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