Design of pore structure in gas diffusion layers for oxygen depolarized cathode and their effect on activity for oxygen reduction reaction

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 5866-5872

  Liu, Jingjun ^a   Yang, Chao ^a   Liu, Chenguang ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Song, Ye ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PORE STRUCTURE;

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; CARBON BLACK FILLERS; GAS DIFFUSION LAYERS; OXYGEN DEPOLARIZED CATHODE; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PORE-FORMING AGENTS; SECONDARY PORES; STRUCTURE-SENSITIVE;

DIFFUSION IN GASES;

EID: 84898445643     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie403975r     Document Type: Article

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