Effects of hot pressing conditions on the performance of Nafion membranes coated by ink-jet printing of Pt/MWCNTs electrocatalyst for PEMFCs

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 11290-11298

  Yazdanpour, Maryam ^a   Esmaeilifar, Ashkan ^a   Rowshanzamir, Soosan ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Catalyst coated membrane; Hot pressing; Membrane electrode assembly; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell; Pt MWCNTs nanocomposite

Indexed keywords

CATALYST COATED MEMBRANES; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; HOT-PRESSING PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMALLY SYNTHESIZED; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; NAFION MEMBRANE; NANOCATALYSTS; POLARIZATION CURVES; PRESSING CONDITIONS; PT NANOPARTICLES; TAGUCHI DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; HOT PRESSING; LOADING; MEMBRANES; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84863626681     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.04.139     Document Type: Article

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