Improvement of carbon dioxide tolerance of PEMFC electrocatalyst by using microwave irradiation technique

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 33, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 7527-7537

  Bayrakçeken, Ayşe ^a,b   Türker, Lemi ^b   Eroǧluc, Inci ^b  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carbon black; Electrocatalyst; Microwave irradiation; PEM fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CARBON BLACK; CATALYSTS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; FUEL CELLS; IRRADIATION; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MICROWAVES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); RUTHENIUM;

HYDROGEN FEED; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION TECHNIQUES; PEM FUEL CELL; PEMFC ELECTROCATALYST; PLATINUM-RUTHENIUM; POWER-LOSSES; PT-BASED CATALYST;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 57549110329     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2008.09.069     Document Type: Article

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