In situ grown carbon nanotubes on carbon paper as integrated gas diffusion and catalyst layer for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4327-4334

  Tang, Zhe ^a   Poh, Chee Kok ^b   Tian, Zhiqun ^b   Lin, Jianyi ^b   Ng, How Y ^c   Chua, Daniel H C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Singapore)

^c Division of Environmental Science and Engineering   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Catalyst layer; Gas diffusion layer; Platinum; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CARBON PAPER; CATALYST LAYER; CATALYST LAYERS; CELL PERFORMANCE; ELECTRODE STRUCTURE; GAS DIFFUSION; GAS DIFFUSION LAYER; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; GROWTH PROCESS; HIGH SURFACE AREA; IN-SITU; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; PT UTILIZATION; SEM; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; SUPPORT LAYER;

CARBON BLACK; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; INTEGRATION; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; PAPER; PLATINUM; PROTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CARBON BLACK; CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CORROSION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRODES; GAS; INTEGRATION; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; MEMBRANES; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79954612749     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2011.01.035     Document Type: Article

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