Nafion-stabilised platinum nanoparticles supported on titaniumnitride: An efficient and durable electrocatalyst for phosphoric acidbased polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 365-369

  Kumar, Ravi ^a   Pasupathi, Sivakumar ^b   Pollet, Bruno G ^b   Scott, Keith ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Durability; Fuel cells; Nafion stabilised; Pt; Titanium nitride

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; NANOPARTICLES; NITRIDES; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); REDUCTION; SOLID ELECTROLYTES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM NITRIDE; TRANSITION METALS;

ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CYCLING; NAFION-STABILISED; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PLATINUM NANO-PARTICLES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; TRANSITION METAL NITRIDES;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84881534866     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.140     Document Type: Article

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