Preparation of platinum-Nafion-carbon black nanocomposites via a supercritical fluid route as electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 44, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5312-5317

  Zhang, Ying ^a   Erkey, Can ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS; SUPERCRITICAL DEPOSITION; THERMAL REDUCTION;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSTS; CHEMISORPTION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEPOSITION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID EXTRACTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

CARBON BLACK;

FUEL CELL; MEMBRANE; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID;

EID: 22944487984     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie049177i     Document Type: Article

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