Accelerated durability tests of catalyst layers with various pore volume for catalyst coated membranes applied in PEM fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2872-2876

  Mu, Shichun ^a   Xu, Cheng ^a   Gao, Ying ^a   Tang, Haolin ^a   Pan, Mu ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalyst layer; Durability; Fuel cell; Membrane electrode assembly

Indexed keywords

CATALYST COATED MEMBRANES; CATALYST LAYER; CATALYST LAYERS; DURABILITY TEST; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; NAFION MEMBRANE; PEM FUEL CELL; PORE VOLUME;

DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; MEMBRANES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CATALYSTS;

EID: 77951024723     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2009.05.022     Document Type: Article

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