Ordered porous carbon as the catalyst support for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 25, 2013, Pages 10998-11003

  Hsueh, Yu Jui ^a   Yu, Cheng Che ^a   Lee, Kan Rong ^a   Tseng, Chung Jen ^a   Su, Bing Jian ^a   Wu, Shih Kuo ^b   Weng, Ling Chia ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Catalyst support; Fuel cell; Ordered porous carbon

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SUPPORTS; CATALYSTS; FUEL CELLS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM; POROUS MATERIALS;

ALCOHOL REDUCTION; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CONTINUOUS STRUCTURES; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; FUEL CELL APPLICATION; LARGE SURFACE AREA; LONG TERM STABILITY; ORDERED POROUS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84883134514     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.01.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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