Carbon-supported ultra-high loading Pt nanoparticle catalyst by controlled overgrowth of Pt: Improvement of Pt utilization leads to enhanced direct methanol fuel cell performance

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 6880-6885

  You, Dae Jong ^a   Kwon, Kyungjung ^b   Joo, Sang Hoon ^c   Kim, Jin Hoe ^d   Kim, Ji Man ^d   Pak, Chanho ^a   Chang, Hyuk ^a  

^a Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

^c Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Catalyst utilization; Direct methanol fuel cell; Multi step reduction; Pt nanoparticle; Ultra high metal loading

Indexed keywords

CATALYST UTILIZATION; DIRECT METHANOL; MULTI-STEP REDUCTION; PT NANOPARTICLE; ULTRA-HIGH;

CARBON; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC); LOADING; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; REDUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATALYST SUPPORTS;

EID: 84859219234     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.01.103     Document Type: Article

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