Oxygen reduction reaction on a Pt/carbon fuel cell catalyst in the presence of trace quantities of ammonium ions: An RRDE study

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5202-5207

  Lopes, Thiago ^a,b   Chlistunoff, Jerzy ^b   Sansiñena, Jose Maria ^b   Garzon, Fernando H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Contaminant; ORR kinetics; PEMFCs

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SITE; AMMONIUM IONS; ANODIC CURRENTS; CO-ADSORPTION; CONTAMINANT; DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS; FUEL CELL CATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PEMFCS; PERCHLORATE ANIONS; PERCHLORIC ACID SOLUTIONS; PLATINUM CATALYSTS; POTENTIAL RANGE; POTENTIAL REGION; RING CURRENTS; ROTATING RING-DISK ELECTRODE TECHNIQUES; SODIUM CATIONS;

CATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL OXIDATION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; INORGANIC ACIDS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM; POSITIVE IONS;

AMMONIA;

EID: 84857648434     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.12.040     Document Type: Article

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