An identical-location transmission electron microscopy study on the degradation of Pt/C nanoparticles under oxidizing, reducing and neutral atmosphere

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 273-281

  Dubau, L ^a   Castanheira, L ^a   Berthome G ^b   Maillard, F ^a  

^a LEPMI   (France)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Degradation mechanisms; Durability of PEMFC materials; Identical location transmission electron microscopy; Pt C nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATED STRESS; CARBON SURFACE CHEMISTRY; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DOMINANT MECHANISM; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NEUTRAL ATMOSPHERE; OXIDIZING ATMOSPHERE; REDUCING ATMOSPHERE;

AGGLOMERATION; CARBON; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCATALYSTS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTRONS; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84888341053     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.03.184     Document Type: Article

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