Chelating agent assisted heat treatment of carbon supported cobalt oxide nanoparticle for use as cathode catalyst of polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4410-4414

  Huang, Chia Hung ^b   Liu, Shyh Jiun ^a   Hwang, Weng Sing ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cathode catalyst; Chelating agent; Cobalt oxide nanoparticle; Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell (PEMFC)

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON BLACK; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATHODES; CHELATION; COBALT; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; HEAT TREATMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); PYROLYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON POWDER; CATHODE CATALYST; CHELATING AGENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; COBALT COMPLEXES; COBALT OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; COBALT OXIDES; COBALT-BASED CATALYSTS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ETHYLENE DIAMINE; INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; LOADING AMOUNT; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL (PEMFC); POWER DENSITIES; RESULTING MATERIALS; SINGLE CELLS; VULCAN XC72;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

ADSORPTION; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CATALYST; CHELATING AGENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COBALT; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYTE; FUEL CELL; HEATING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NITROGEN; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND; OXIDE; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

EID: 79959379132     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2011.04.002     Document Type: Article

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