Degradation on a PTFE/Nafion membrane electrode assembly with accelerating degradation technique

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 6941-6949

  Jao, Ting Chu ^a   Ke, Shih Tsung ^a   Chi, Pei Hung ^b   Jung, Guo Bin ^a   Chan, Shih Hung ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b LEE MING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Catalyst layer; Composite membrane; Creep deformation; Fuel cell

Indexed keywords

AC-IMPEDANCE; CATALYST DEGRADATION; CATALYST LAYERS; CREEP DEFORMATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREA; HIGH FREQUENCY RESISTANCE; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; LOW COSTS; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; OPERATION TEMPERATURE; POLARIZATION CURVES; POTENTIAL CYCLES;

BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; EXPERIMENTS; MEMBRANES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CREEP;

EID: 77954833116     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.03.118     Document Type: Article

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