Platinum supported on titanium-ruthenium oxide is a remarkably stable electrocatayst for hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-50

  Parrondo, Javier ^a   Han, Taehee ^b   Niangar, Ellazar ^b   Wang, Chunmei ^b   Dale, Nilesh ^b   Adjemian, Kev ^b   Ramani, Vijay ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b Nissan Technical Center North America   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon corrosion; Noncarbon catalyst supports; PEFC; Start stop protocol; TiO 2 RuO2

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FUEL; HYDROGEN; METAL OXIDE; PLATINUM; RUTHENIUM DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CAR; CATALYST; CATALYST SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; DECELERATION; DISSOLUTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; GAS DIFFUSION; HUMIDITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84891946971     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1319663111     Document Type: Article

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