Advanced catalytic layer architectures for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 505-521

  Bonnefont, Antoine ^a   Ruvinskiy, Pavel ^b   Rouhet, Marlene ^c   Orfanidi, Alin ^d   Neophytides, Stylianos ^d   Savinova, Elena ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b BASF CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM; POLYELECTROLYTES; WIRE;

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST; MARKET PENETRATION; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILM; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL (PEMFCS); SPATIAL STRUCTURE;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84906271065     PISSN: 20418396     EISSN: 2041840X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wene.110     Document Type: Review

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