Novel deposition of Pt/C nanocatalysts and nafion® solution on carbon-based electrodes via electrophoretic process for PEM fuel cells

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-78

  Louh, R F ^a   Huang, Hansen ^a   Tsai, Felix ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Co EPD; Electrophoretic deposition (EPD); Nafion solution; PEM fuel cells; Proton exchange membrane; Pt C nanocatalysts; Waveform programming

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; CATALYSTS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORESIS; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; POWDERS;

CARBON-BASED ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION (EPD); NANOCATALYSTS; NANOPOWDERS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 34248375677     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2393307     Document Type: Article

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