High-temperature PEM fuel cell catalysts and catalyst layers

PEM Fuel Cell Electrocatalysts and Catalyst Layers: Fundamentals and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 861-888

  Song, Chaojie ^a   Hui, Shiqiang ^a   Zhang, Jiujun ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

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EID: 84892105315     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-936-3_18     Document Type: Chapter

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