IrO2-SnO2 mixtures as electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in alkaline media

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 171-179

  Locatelli, Cristina ^a   Minguzzi, Alessandro ^a   Vertova, Alberto ^a   Rondinini, Sandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkaline fuel cells; Direct alcohol fuel cells; Iridium tin oxide; Oxygen reduction; Rotating ring disk electrode

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC EXCHANGE; ELECTRON TRANSFER; IRIDIUM-TIN OXIDES; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; REACTION PATHWAYS; ROTATING RING-DISK ELECTRODE; VOLTAMMETRIC TECHNIQUES;

ALKALINE FUEL CELLS; DIRECT ALCOHOL FUEL CELLS (DAFC); ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IRIDIUM; TIN OXIDES;

ROTATING DISKS;

EID: 84875841694     PISSN: 0021891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-012-0520-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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