Effects of the decomposition products of sulfonated polyimide and Nafion membranes on the degradation and recovery of electrode performance in PEFCs

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2754-2760

  Kabasawa, Akihiro ^a,b   Saito, Jumpei ^b   Miyatake, Kenji ^b   Uchida, Hiroyuki ^b   Watanabe, Masahiro ^b  

^a FUJI ELECTRIC CO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Degradation and recovery; Electrolyte decomposition; Impurity adsorption; PEFC

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GAS ADSORPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INTERCHANGES; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; POLYIMIDES; POLYMERS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

CATHODE PERFORMANCE; CELL OPERATIONS; DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREAS; ELECTRODE PERFORMANCE; ELECTROLYTE DECOMPOSITION; HIGH HUMIDITIES; IMPURITY ADSORPTION; IN CELLS; IONIC COMPOUNDS; MASS ACTIVITIES; NAFION MEMBRANES; OVERPOTENTIAL; OXYGEN ADSORPTIONS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTIONS; PEFC; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; POTENTIAL CYCLING; PT CATALYSTS; PT CATHODES; SIDE CHAINS; SULFONATED POLYIMIDES; TAFEL SLOPES;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 61449174773     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2008.11.036     Document Type: Article

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