Partially oxidized tantalum carbonitride as new cathodes without platinum group metals for polymer electrolyte fuel cell

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Ishihara, Akimitsu ^a   Tamura, Motoko ^a   Matsuzawa, Koichi ^a   Mitsushima, Shigenori ^a   Ota, Ken Ichiro ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONITRIDES; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; HARD X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; MAXIMUM VALUES; ONSET POTENTIAL; OXIDATION STATE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PLATINUM GROUP METALS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN ELECTRODES;

CARBON NITRIDE; CATALYTIC OXIDATION; CATHODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; PLATINUM; POLYELECTROLYTES; TANTALUM; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 79953283450     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4003161     Document Type: Article

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