Enhancement of platinum mass activity on the surface of polymer-wrapped carbon nanotube-based fuel cell electrocatalysts

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hafez, Inas H ^a   Berber, Mohamed R ^a,d   Fujigaya, Tsuyohiko ^a,b,c   Nakashima, Naotoshi ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c Al Abaadyia   (Egypt)

^d Tanta University   (Egypt)

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EID: 84923349427     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06295     Document Type: Article

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