Electrodeposited mesoporous platinum catalysts over hierarchical carbon monolithic support as anode in small PEM fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 14911-14919

  Bruno, Mariano M ^a,b   Franceschini, Esteban A ^a   Viva, Federico A ^a   Thomas, Yohann R J ^a   Corti, Horacio R ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Fuel cells; Hierarchical carbon; Mesoporous catalyst; PEM

Indexed keywords

A-CARBON; ACTIVE AREA; AMBIENT PRESSURES; BLOCK COPOLYMER TEMPLATES; CARBON CLOTHS; CARBON SUPPORT; GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODES; HIGH POWER DENSITY; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; MESOPOROUS CATALYSTS; MESOPOROUS PLATINUM; MONOLITHIC SUPPORTS; NAFION 117 MEMBRANES; PEM; PEM FUEL CELL; POLARIZATION CURVES; POROUS STRUCTURES; POWER DENSITIES; SINGLE FUELS; STRUCTURED CATALYST; SYNERGIC EFFECTS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; CATALYSTS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; ELECTRODEPOSITION; FUEL CELLS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; PLATINUM; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

CARBON;

EID: 84866087562     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.02.058     Document Type: Conference Paper

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