Carbon corrosion in proton-exchange membrane fuel cells: Effect of the carbon structure, the degradation protocol, and the gas atmosphere

ACS Catalysis

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2184-2194

  Castanheira, Luis ^a   Silva, Wanderson O ^b   Lima, Fabio H B ^b   Crisci, Alexandre ^c,d   Dubau, Laetitia ^a   Maillard, Frédéric ^a  

^a LEPMI   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

Author keywords

accelerated stress testing; carbon corrosion; catalyst support corrosion; degradation mechanisms; durability of PEMFC materials; proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs)

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CORROSION; DEGRADATION; DURABILITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; FUEL CELLS; GAS FUEL PURIFICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOCRYSTALLITES; NANOCRYSTALS; PLATINUM; PLATINUM ALLOYS; PROTONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

ACCELERATED STRESS TESTING; CARBON CORROSION; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DIFFERENTIAL ELECTROCHEMICAL MASS SPECTROMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICALLY ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; FUEL CELL COMMERCIALIZATION; PREFERENTIAL OXIDATION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL (PEMFCS);

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84926443743     PISSN: 21555435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cs501973j     Document Type: Article

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