Electron tomography of nafion ionomer coated on Pt/carbon black in high utilization electrode for PEFCs

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 13319-13321

  Uchida, Hiroyuki ^a   Song, Jung Min ^a   Suzuki, Shinsuke ^a   Nakazawa, Eiko ^b   Baba, Norio ^c   Watanabe, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c KOGAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; CATALYST ACTIVITY; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYST LAYER (ECL); ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; NAFION IONOMER; TILT ANGLES;

IONOMERS;

EID: 33746352388     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp062678s     Document Type: Article

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