Aqueous deposition of metals on multiwalled carbon nanotubes to be used as electrocatalyst for polymer exchange membrane fuel cells

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 130-133

  Verde, Y ^a   Keer, A ^b   Miki Yoshida, M ^b   Paraguay Delgado, F ^b   Alonso Nunez G ^b   Avalos, M ^c  

^a Instituto Tecnologico de Cancun   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE CIENCIAS DE LA MATERIA CONDENSADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Electrocatalyst; Fuel cell; HRTEM

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; DEPOSITION; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OXIDATION; PLATINUM ALLOYS; PYROLYSIS; REDOX REACTIONS; SOLUTIONS;

POWER SOURCE TECHNOLOGY; PRECURSOR SOLUTION;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 34347340410     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2714565     Document Type: Article

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