Performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells using Pt/MWNT-Pt/C composites as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 0210011-0210017

  Reddy, A Leela Mohana ^a   Shaijumon, M M ^a   Rajalakshmi, N ^b   Ramaprabhu, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY HYDRIDES; CHEMICAL REDUCTION METHODS; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; FUNCTIONALIZED; MISCH METAL; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PT ELECTROCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRONS; VOLTAMMETRIC STUDIES;

ACETYLENE; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OXYGEN; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; PROTONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVELET TRANSFORMS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 77955442046     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3176215     Document Type: Article

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