Stability study of ultra-low Pt thin film on TiO2-C core-shell structure and TiO2 encapsulated in carbon nanospheres as cathode catalyst in PEMFC

Fuel

Volumn 150, Issue , 2015, Pages 645-655

  Shahgaldi, Samaneh ^a   Hamelin, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Durability; Fuel cell; Low; Pt loading; Sputtering; Titania carbon supports

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYST SUPPORTS; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; FILM PREPARATION; FUEL CELLS; NANOSPHERES; OXIDE MINERALS; PLATINUM; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SPUTTERING; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CARBON SUPPORT; ELECTROCATALYST LAYERS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LOW; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLIES; PT LOADING; RAMAN CHARACTERIZATION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84924241827     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2015.02.002     Document Type: Article

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