Synthesis of novel mesoporous carbon spheres and their supported Fe-based electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cell oxygen reduction reaction

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 480-485

  Zhang, Lei ^a   Kim, Jenny ^a   Dy, Eben ^a   Ban, Shuai ^a   Tsay, Keh Chyun ^a   Kawai, Hiroyuki ^b   Shi, Zheng ^a   Zhang, Jiujun ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Heat and acid treatments; Mesoporous carbon; Non noble metal electrocatalyst; Oxygen reduction reaction; Proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell; Ultrasonic spray pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; OXYGEN; PRECIOUS METALS; REDUCTION; SPHERES; SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

ACID TREATMENTS; ACIDIC TREATMENT; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; MESOPOROUS CARBON; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; SUPPORT MATERIALS; ULTRASONIC SPRAY; ULTRASONIC SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84884215540     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.06.126     Document Type: Article

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