Electrospun iron-polyaniline-polyacrylonitrile derived nanofibers as non-precious oxygen reduction reaction catalysts for PEM fuel cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 139, Issue , 2014, Pages 111-116

  Zamani, Pouyan ^a   Higgins, Drew ^a   Hassan, Fathy ^a   Jiang, Gaopeng ^a   Wu, Jason ^a   Abureden, Salah ^a   Chen, Zhongwei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Electrospun nanofiber; Iron polyaniline polyacrylonitrile blend; Non precious catalyst; Oxygen Reduction Reaction; PEM fuel cell

Indexed keywords

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ELECTROSPINNING; HEAT TREATMENT; IRON; NANOFIBERS; NITROGEN; PLATINUM; POLYANILINE; POLYELECTROLYTES;

ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; HALF-WAVE POTENTIAL; HIGH TEMPERATURE HEAT TREATMENT; NITROGEN CONTENT; NON-PRECIOUS CATALYSTS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PEM FUEL CELL; POROUS STRUCTURES;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84905002577     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.07.007     Document Type: Article

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