Tuning the process gas in a dual plasma process to enhance the performance of cobalt-polypyrrole catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in fuel cells

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 160, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Walter, Christian ^a   Kummer, Kurt ^b   Vyalikh, Denis ^c   Brüser, Volker ^a   Weltmann, Klaus Dieter ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PLASMA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT OXIDES; EXAFS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PLASMA PROCESS; POLYMERIC MATRICES; PROCESS GAS; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITION; XRD;

COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; HYDROGEN; NITROGEN PLASMA; OXYGEN; POLYPYRROLES;

NITROGEN;

EID: 84881531334     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: 19457111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/2.108309jes     Document Type: Article

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