Advances in structural and chemical analysis of catalystcoated membranes for hydrogen fuel cell applications

Membrane Technology

Volumn 2009, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 6-12

  Bessarabov, Dmitri ^a   Hitchcock, Adam ^b  

^a Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation Corporation   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST COATED MEMBRANES; CATALYST LAYERS; CHARACTERISATION; ELECTRONIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; FUEL CELL SYSTEM; KEY ELEMENTS; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; MULTICOMPONENTS; NEW TOOLS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SOFT X-RAY SPECTROMICROSCOPY; SPATIAL SCALE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DESIGN; FUEL CELLS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN FUELS; MEMBRANES; OXYGEN;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 72149113578     PISSN: 09582118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-2118(09)70250-2     Document Type: Article

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