Transition Metal Chalcogenides for Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts in PEM Fuel Cells

Non-Noble Metal Fuel Cell Catalysts

Volumn 9783527333240, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-182

  Lee, Kunchan ^a   Alonso Vante, Nicolas ^b   Zhang, Jiujun ^c  

^a High Performance Materials Department   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chalcogens; Electrochemistry; Fuel cells; Non noble metal electrocatalysts; Open circuit potential; Oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHALCOGENIDES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PRECIOUS METALS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); TIMING CIRCUITS;

CHALCOGENS; MACROCYCLES; NON-NOBLE METAL ELECTROCATALYST; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; OXYGEN REDUCTION; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PEM FUEL CELL; TRANSITION METAL CHALCOGENIDES; TRANSITION-METAL CHALCOGENIDES;

ELECTROCATALYSTS;

EID: 84926454188     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527664900.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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