Electrocatalysis at Platinum and Bimetallic Alloys

Fuel Cell Catalysis: A Surface Science Approach

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 317-341

  Watanabe, Masahiro ^a   Uchida, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anode catalysts for co tolerant HOR; Cathode catalysts for ORR; Electrocatalysis at platinum and bimetallic alloys

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889804917     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470463772.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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