Optimization of the amount of Nafion in multi-walled carbon nanotube/Nafion composites as Pt supports in gas diffusion electrodes for proton exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 13325-13334

  Gharibi, Hussein ^a   Javaheri, Masoumeh ^a   Kheirmand, Mehdi ^b   Mirzaie, Rasol Abdullah ^c  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b YASOUJ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHAHID RAJAEE TEACHER TRAINING UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Catalyst layer (CL); Gas diffusion electrode (GDE); Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR); Proton exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC); Pt support

Indexed keywords

CATALYST LAYERS; GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE (GDE); GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODES; INDUCTIVE COUPLED PLASMA; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; NAFION LOADING; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION (ORR); PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; PT LOADING;

CATALYSTS; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); OXYGEN; PLATINUM; PROTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 80052922099     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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