Non-kinetic losses caused by electrochemical carbon corrosion in PEM fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 8451-8458

  Park, Sehkyu ^a   Shao, Yuyan ^a   Viswanathan, Vilayanur V ^a   Liu, Jun ^a   Wang, Yong ^a,b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon corrosion; Non kinetic losses; Proton exchange membrane fuel cells

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED STRESS; CAPACITIVE RESPONSE; CARBON CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; IRREVERSIBLE LOSS; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; OHMIC LOSS; PEM FUEL CELL; POLARIZATION TECHNIQUES; PT CATALYSTS; TAFEL BEHAVIOR;

CARBON; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CATHODES; CORROSION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; KINETICS; PLATINUM;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84860361344     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.02.097     Document Type: Article

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