Deleterious effects of interim cyclic voltammetry on Pt/carbon black catalyst degradation during start-up/shutdown cycling evaluation

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 123, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-92

  Park, Young Chul ^a   Kakinuma, Katsuyoshi ^a   Uchida, Makoto ^a   Uchida, Hiroyuki ^a   Watanabe, Masahiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon corrosion; Polymer electrolyte fuel cells; Pt CB catalyst degradation; Start up shutdown cycling

Indexed keywords

CARBON CORROSION; CATALYST DEGRADATION; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; POLARIZATION CURVES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; STANDARD PROTOCOLS; START-UP/SHUTDOWN CYCLING;

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CARBON; CORROSION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; PLATINUM;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84893205305     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.12.120     Document Type: Article

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