Effect of SiO2 additives on the PEM fuel cell electrode performance

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 14815-14822

  Senthil Velan, V ^a   Velayutham, G ^a   Hebalkar, Neha ^b   Dhathathreyan, K S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

^b Centre for Nanomaterials   (India)

Author keywords

Catalyst layer; Electrochemical surface area; Hydrophilic; PEMFC; SiO2

Indexed keywords

CATALYST LAYERS; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREA; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; FUEL CELL ELECTRODES; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; HUMIDITY CONDITIONS; HYDROPHILIC; IONIC POLYMER; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; NAFION MEMBRANE; PEM FUEL CELL; PEMFC SYSTEMS; POLARIZATION BEHAVIOR; REACTANT GAS; SELF-HUMIDIFYING; SILICA POWDER; SIO2; SUB-SYSTEMS; SURFACE AREA;

CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL ADDITIVES; HYDROPHILICITY; POWDERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SILICA; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 80054026743     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.03.041     Document Type: Article

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