Mitigating phosphate anion poisoning of cathodic Pt/C catalysts in phosphoric acid fuel cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 4877-4887

  He, Qinggang ^a   Shyam, Badri ^b   Nishijima, Masahiko ^c   Ramaker, David ^b   Mukerjee, Sanjeev ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PHOSPHATE ANIONS; POISONING EFFECTS; PT-BASED CATALYST; SITU CONDITIONS; STERIC HINDRANCES; WATER ACTIVATION; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IONS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PHOSPHORIC ACID FUEL CELLS (PAFC); PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; REACTION KINETICS; X RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYST POISONING;

EID: 84875154823     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp309282n     Document Type: Article

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