Investigation of tungsten carbide supported Pd or Pt as anode catalysts for PEM fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 11340-11345

  Nikolic, Vladimir M ^a   Zugic, Dragana L ^a   Perovic, Ivana M ^a   Saponjic, Aleksandra B ^a   Babic, Biljana M ^a   Pasti, Igor A ^b   Marceta Kaninski, Milica P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Anode catalyst; Palladium; PEM fuel cells; Tungsten carbide

Indexed keywords

ANODE CATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; HOLDING BACKS; HYDROGEN OXIDATION REACTION; LINEAR SWEEP VOLTAMMETRY; PEM FUEL CELL; PLATINUM CATALYSTS; SUPPORTED PALLADIUM;

CATALYSTS; HYDROGEN; NATURAL RESOURCES; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; TUNGSTEN; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84882453093     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.06.094     Document Type: Article

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