Methanol tolerant electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1271-1278

  Asteazaran, M ^a   Bengio S ^b   Triaca, W E ^a   Castro Luna, A M ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

^b CONICET ^*  (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

DMFC; Methanol crossover; Methanol tolerant cathode catalysts; ORR; PtCo C; PtCoRu C

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATHODES; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; METALS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; MICROWAVE HEATING; OXYGEN; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS;

CATHODE CATALYST; DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFCS); ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; METHANOL CROSSOVER; METHANOL OXIDATION REACTIONS; PT-CO/C; PTCORU/C; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84925270423     PISSN: 0021891X     EISSN: 15728838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-014-0748-1     Document Type: Article

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