Dissolution and stabilization of platinum in oxygen cathodes

Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Durability

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 7-27

  Sasaki, Kotaro ^a   Shao, Minhua ^a   Adzic, Radoslav ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-85536-3_2     Document Type: Chapter

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