Durability test with fuel starvation using a Pt/CNF catalyst in PEMFC

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Jung, Ju Hae ^a   Park, Byung Il ^b   Kim, Junbom ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b ORDEG Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Carbon nanofiber; Catalyst; Durability; Polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOFIBERS; CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DURABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCATALYSTS; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

ACCELERATED TESTS; CARBON CORROSION; COMMERCIAL CATALYST; ELECTROCHEMICAL SURFACE AREA; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; PHYSICAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION CURVES; REVERSE VOLTAGES;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84862912535     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-34     Document Type: Article

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