Reduction of Pt usage in fuel cell electrocatalysts using carbon nanotubes and non-Pt metals

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 17, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 540-543

  Yoo, E ^a   Nagashima, Y ^a   Yamazaki, T ^a   Matsumoto, T ^b   Nakamura, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Catalysts; Electrochemistry; Fuel cell; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ANODES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; PLATINUM;

ELECTROCATALYSTS; GAS-ELECTRODE-ELECTROLYTE; HYDROGEN ELECTRO-OXIDATION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

ANODES; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATHODES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; PLATINUM; POLYELECTROLYTES;

CATALYST; FUEL CELL; METAL; NANOTUBE; OXIDATION;

EID: 33750211309     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: 10991581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pat.746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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