Evaluation for sintering of electrocatalysts and its effect on voltage drops in high-temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFC)

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 18272-18289

  Suzuki, Ai ^a   Oono, Yuka ^b   Williams, Mark C ^a   Miura, Ryuji ^a   Inaba, Kenji ^a   Hatakeyama, Nozomu ^a   Takaba, Hiromitsu ^a   Hori, Michio ^b   Miyamoto, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Durability; Electrocatalyst; High temperature PEMFC; Phosphoric acid; Sintering; Voltage drops

Indexed keywords

CARBON SUPPORT; DEGREE OF AGGLOMERATION; DIFFERENT EFFECTS; DURABILITY PERFORMANCE; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; KINETIC MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUANTUM CHEMICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY TEM; VOLTAGE DROP;

AGGLOMERATION; DURABILITY; ELECTROLYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PLATINUM; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SINTERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 84868192599     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.09.016     Document Type: Article

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