Fingerprint of automotive fuel cell cathode catalyst degradation: Pt band in PEMs

Membrane Technology

Volumn 2009, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 7-10

  Kundu, Sumit ^a   Cimenti, Max ^a   Lee, Stephen ^a   Bessarabov, Dmitri ^a  

^a Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corporation   (Canada)

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Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE FUEL-CELL; BAND FORMATIONS; CATHODE CATALYST; COST TARGETS; DURABILITY TESTING; IN-SITU; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; POWER EFFICIENCY;

AUTOMOTIVE FUELS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; DURABILITY; FUEL CELLS; FUEL ECONOMY; HYDROGEN; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; PLATINUM;

CELL MEMBRANES;

EID: 70350545908     PISSN: 09582118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-2118(09)70212-5     Document Type: Article

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