Importance of fuel cell tests for stability assessment-suitability of titanium diboride as an alternative support material

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 3642-3652

  Roth, Christina ^a   Bleith, Peter ^b   Schwöbel, Christoph A ^c   Kaserer, Sebastian ^c   Eichler, Jens ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d ESK Ceramics GmbH & Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative supports; Coloring; CV; Durability; Fuel cell tests; Non oxide ceramics; PEMFC

Indexed keywords

BORIDES; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COLORING; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIFFUSION IN GASES; DURABILITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; OXIDES; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER MEMBRANE ELECTRODES; STABILITY; SYSTEM STABILITY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM NITRIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; TUNGSTEN CARBIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON SUPPORTED CATALYST; ELECTRODE MANUFACTURING PROCESS; FUEL CELL TESTS; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; NONOXIDE CERAMICS; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; POROUS GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENTS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84903748303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7063642     Document Type: Article

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