Investigation of nanostructured platinum based membrane electrode assemblies in "EasyTest" cell

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 872-877

  Radev, I ^a   Slavcheva, E ^a   Budevski, E ^a  

^a BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Hydrogen generation; Hydrogen oxidation; Membrane electrode assembly; Sputtered Pt; Test device

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDATION; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HYDROGEN GENERATION; HYDROGEN OXIDATION; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY (MEA); SPUTTERED PT; TEST DEVICE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 34247603411     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2007.01.015     Document Type: Article

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