Effect of particle size and operating conditions on Pt3Co PEMFC cathode catalyst durability

Catalysts

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 926-948

  Gummalla, Mallika ^a   Ball, Sarah C ^b   Condit, David A ^a   Rasouli, Somaye ^c   Yu, Kang ^c   Ferreira, Paulo J ^c   Myers, Deborah J ^d   Yang, Zhiwei ^a  

^a UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNSON MATTHEY TECHNOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalyst durability; In cell performance; PEM fuel cells; Pt3Co catalyst

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930938325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal5020926     Document Type: Article

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