Electrocatalysis of Oxygen Reduction in Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells: A Brief History and a Critical Examination of Present Theory and Diagnostics

Fuel Cell Catalysis: A Surface Science Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-30

  Gottesfeld, Shimshon ^a,b  

^a CellEra   (Israel)

^b Fuel Cell Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Active metal site generation key to practical ORR rates at high, relevant cathode potentials; Electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction in fuel cell cathode; Electrocatalysis of oxygen reduction in polymer electrolyte fuel CE

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875852534     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470463772.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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