Dynamic environmental transmission electron microscopy observation of platinum electrode catalyst deactivation in a proton-exchange-membrane fuel cell

Nanotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Yoshida, Kenta ^a,b   Xudong, Zhang ^a   Bright, Alexander N ^c   Saitoh, Koh ^a   Tanaka, Nobuo ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN FINE CERAMICS CENTER   (Japan)

^c Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION VOLTAGES; AIR ATMOSPHERE; CARBON ELECTRODE; CYCLE OPERATION; DECAY RATE; ELECTRODE CATALYSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH VACUUM; INFORMATION TRANSFERS; PLATINUM ELECTRODES; PLATINUM PARTICLES; REAL VEHICLES; TIME RESOLUTION;

CATALYST DEACTIVATION; COALESCENCE; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; NANOPARTICLES; PLATINUM; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84872980866     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/24/6/065705     Document Type: Article

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