Investigation of the corrosion of carbon supports in polymer electrolyte fuel cells using simulated start-up/shutdown cycling

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 91, Issue , 2013, Pages 195-207

  Park, Young Chul ^a   Kakinuma, Katsuyoshi ^a   Uchida, Makoto ^a   Tryk, Donald A ^a   Kamino, Takeo ^a   Uchida, Hiroyuki ^a   Watanabe, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon corrosion; Durability; Polymer electrolyte fuel cells; Pt cathode catalyst; Start up shutdown cycling

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED TESTING; CARBON CORROSION; CARBON SUPPORT; CATHODE CATALYST; CATHODE CATALYST LAYERS; CELL PERFORMANCE; CORROSION PROCESS; CYCLE NUMBER; CYCLING TIME; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; INITIAL VALUES; MASS ACTIVITY; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; PT CATHODE; PT PARTICLE; SCAN RATES; SQUARE WAVES; START-UPS; STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE; SUPPORT MATERIALS; SURFACE CORROSION; THICKNESS REDUCTION; TRIANGULAR WAVE;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CARBON BLACK; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; DURABILITY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; MATERIALS TESTING; OSTWALD RIPENING; PLATINUM; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMERS;

CORROSION;

EID: 84872419909     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.12.082     Document Type: Article

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