A facile synthesis of Pd/C cathode electrocatalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 725-731

  Tang, Yongfu ^a,b   Zhang, Huamin ^a   Zhong, Hexiang ^a   Ma, Yuanwei ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Electrocatalyst; Oxygen reduction reaction; Palladium catalyst; Proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Twinned structures

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; CARBON SUPPORT; COMPLEXING REAGENTS; CRYSTALLINE LATTICE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; FACE CENTERED CUBIC STRUCTURE; FACILE SYNTHESIS; HIGH ACTIVITY; HRTEM IMAGES; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PALLADIUM CATALYST; PD/C CATALYST; POLYCRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; SINGLE CELL MEASUREMENT; SINGLE CELLS; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDES; SUPPORTED PALLADIUM; TEM; TWINNED STRUCTURES;

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; MEMBRANES; OXYGEN; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; ROTATING DISKS; SODIUM; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79251596864     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.09.037     Document Type: Article

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