Improved oxygen reduction reaction catalyzed by Pt/Clay/nafion nanocomposite for PEM fuel cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 3620-3626

  Narayanamoorthy, B ^a   Datta, K K R ^b   Eswaramoorthy, M ^b   Balaji, S ^a  

^a SCSVMV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

aminoclay Nafion nanocomposite; cyclic voltammetry; oxygen reduction reaction; PEM fuel cells

Indexed keywords

ACIDIC ENVIRONMENT; DURABILITY TEST; ELECTRO REDUCTION; ELECTROCATALYST LAYERS; FOUR ELECTRONS; GOOD STABILITY; INTERMEDIATE FORMATION; LIMITING CURRENT; LIMITING CURRENT DENSITY; NANOCOMPOSITE CATALYST; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PEM FUEL CELL; POTENTIAL CYCLES; PT LOADING; PT NANOPARTICLES; SUPPORTED PT; XRD;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FILM PREPARATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLATINUM; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); REACTION INTERMEDIATES; SOL-GEL PROCESS;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84864218381     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am300697q     Document Type: Article

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