Boosting performance of low temperature fuel cell catalysts by subtle ionic liquid modification

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3562-3570

  Zhang, Gui Rong ^a   Munoz, Macarena ^a   Etzold, Bastian J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

ionic liquids; mass transfer; oxygen reduction; SCILL; supported Pt catalysts

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IONIC LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); TEMPERATURE;

APPLICATION OF POLYMERS; ELECTROSTATIC STABILIZATION; HYDROPHOBIC IONIC LIQUID; MASS TRANSFER LIMITATION; OXYGEN REDUCTION; PERFORMANCE OF LOW TEMPERATURES; SCILL; SUPPORTED PT;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84923250968     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5074003     Document Type: Article

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