Rate enhancements in structural transformations of Pt-Co and Pt-Ni bimetallic cathode catalysts in polymer electrolyte fuel cells studied by in situ time-resolved X-ray absorption fine structure

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 29, 2014, Pages 15874-15883

  Ishiguro, Nozomu ^a,b   Kityakarn, Sutasinee ^a,b,c   Sekizawa, Oki ^d   Uruga, Tomoya ^d,e   Sasabe, Takashi ^a   Nagasawa, Kensaku ^d   Yokoyama, Toshihiko ^b   Tada, Mizuki ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; CATHODES; ELECTROCATALYSTS; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; NICKEL; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); RATE CONSTANTS; X RAY ABSORPTION;

EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTRUM; FUEL CELL PERFORMANCE; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION; X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTRUM; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR-EDGE STRUCTURE;

PLATINUM;

EID: 84904977271     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp504738p     Document Type: Article

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