Synthesis, studies and fuel cell performance of "core-shell" electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction based on a PtNix carbon nitride "shell" and a pyrolyzed polyketone nanoball "core"

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2812-2827

  Di Noto, V ^a,b   Negro, E ^a,b   Polizzi, S ^b,c   Vezzu K ^d   Toniolo, L ^b,c   Cavinato, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b INSTM   (Italy)

^c CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

^d Veneto NanoTech SCpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

"Core shell" carbon nitride based electrocatalysts; Fabrication and testing of membrane electrode assemblies; Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy; Proton exchange membrane fuel cells; Pyrolyzed polyketone nanoballs; Vibrational spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895064394     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2013.08.054     Document Type: Conference Paper

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