Hydrothermal synthesis of Pt/MWCNTs nanocomposite electrocatalysts for proton exchange membrane fuel cell systems

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 5500-5511

  Esmaeilifar, Ashkan ^a   Yazdanpour, Maryam ^a   Rowshanzamir, Soosan ^a   Eikani, Mohammad H ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electrocatalyst synthesis; Hydrothermal method; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Pt CNTs nanocomposite; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; MAIN EFFECT; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; NANOCOMPOSITE SAMPLES; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; OPTIMUM PROCESS CONDITIONS; POLARIZATION CURVES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS; PT LOADING; PT NANOPARTICLES; PT/CNTS NANOCOMPOSITE; REACTION PERIOD; REACTION TEMPERATURE; STIRRING RATES; TAGUCHI; TEM; X RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS;

CURVE FITTING; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; MEMBRANES; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTIMIZATION; PH EFFECTS; PLATINUM; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PROTONS; TAGUCHI METHODS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

EID: 79954427014     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.02.015     Document Type: Article

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