Effect of Ni proportion on the performance of proton exchange membrane fuel cells using PtNi/C electrocatalysts

Ionics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 381-388

  da Silva, Fernanda T ^a   Dalmazzo, Vicenti A ^a   Becker, Márcia R ^a   de Souza, Michèle O ^a   de Souza, Roberto F ^a   Martini, Emilse M A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alloy catalysts; Borohydride method; Electrocatalyst; Fuel cell; PEMFC; PtNi C

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894718326     PISSN: 09477047     EISSN: 18620760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11581-013-0977-z     Document Type: Article

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