WC as a non-platinum hydrogen evolution electrocatalyst for high temperature PEM water electrolysers

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 37, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 18591-18597

  Nikiforov, A V ^a   Petrushina, I M ^a   Christensen, E ^a   Alexeev, N V ^b   Samokhin, A V ^b   Bjerrum, N J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b BAIKOV INSTITUTE OF METALLURGY AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

HER electrocatalyst; Hydrogen evolution reaction; Non platinum electrocatalyst; PEM water electrolyser; WC

Indexed keywords

CONFINED PLASMAS; ELECTROLYSERS; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE PEM; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION REACTIONS; NANO POWDERS; NON-PLATINUM; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; THERMAL PLASMA REACTORS; WC;

CATHODES; HYDROGEN; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMA CONFINEMENT; PLATINUM; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 84869822577     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2012.09.112     Document Type: Article

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