Enhanced methanol tolerance of highly Pd rich Pd-Pt cathode electrocatalysts in direct methanol fuel cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 164, Issue , 2015, Pages 235-242

  Choi, Baeck ^a,f   Nam, Woo Hyun ^b,g   Chung, Dong Young ^a,d   Park, In Su ^a   Yoo, Sung Jong ^a,c   Song, Jae Chun ^e   Sung, Yung Eun ^a,d,g  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^d Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^e Iljin Nanotech Co Ltd   (South Korea)

^f J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^g Next Generation Vehicle Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alloy; Direct methanol fuel cells; Electrocatalyst; Methanol tolerance; Oxygen reduction reaction

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ALLOYING; ANODES; BINARY ALLOYS; CARBON; CATHODES; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; VANADIUM ALLOYS; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY; X RAY ABSORPTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFCS); ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; METHANOL CONCENTRATION; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; METHANOL TOLERANCE; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84924077997     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.02.203     Document Type: Article

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