Intermediate temperature fuel cell and oxygen reduction studies with carbon-supported platinum alloy catalysts in phosphoric acid based systems

Journal of Fuel Cell Science and Technology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Mamlouk, Mohamed ^a   Jang, Jong Hyun ^b   Scott, Keith ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

electrocatalyst; fuel cell; oxygen reduction; PBI; PEMFC; phosphoric acid; polybenzimidazole; Pt alloy

Indexed keywords

AG/AGCL; CARBON CATALYSTS; CATHODE CATALYST; DOUBLE LAYER CHARGING; ENHANCED PERFORMANCE; HIGH ACTIVITY; INTERMEDIATE-TEMPERATURE FUEL CELLS; MASS ACTIVITY; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION CURRENTS; PBI; PLATINUM ALLOY CATALYST; POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE; POTENTIAL STEPS; PT ALLOY; PT CATALYSTS; PT-NI CATALYSTS;

ALLOYS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PLATINUM; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); VANADIUM;

PLATINUM ALLOYS;

EID: 84855398099     PISSN: 1550624X     EISSN: 15516989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004461     Document Type: Article

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