Platinum-based alloy catalysts for PEM fuel cells

PEM Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts and Catalyst Layers: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 631-654

  Liu, Hansan ^a   Xia, Dingguo ^b   Zhang, Jiujun ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b National Research Council Canada ^*

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EID: 84891962638     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-936-3_13     Document Type: Chapter

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