Development of nano-catalyzed membrane for PEM fuel cell applications

Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2917-2925

  Pethaiah, S Sundar ^a,b   Kalaignan, G Paruthimal ^b   Sasikumar, G ^c   Ulaganathan, M ^d   Swaminathan, V ^e  

^a TUM CREATE   (Singapore)

^b ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Agni College of Technology   (India)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Catalyzed membrane; Fuel cell; Impregnation reduction method; Membrane electrode assembly; Platinum

Indexed keywords

CATALYZED MEMBRANES; ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; IMPREGNATION-REDUCTION METHOD; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

CATALYSIS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FUEL CELLS; MEMBRANES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84886938320     PISSN: 14328488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10008-013-2211-3     Document Type: Article

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