Oxygen reduction reaction activity and durability of Pt catalysts supported on titanium carbide

Catalysts

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 966-980

  Chiwata, Morio ^a   Kakinuma, Katsuyoshi ^a   Wakisaka, Mitsuru ^a   Uchida, Makoto ^a   Deki, Shigehito ^a   Watanabe, Masahiro ^a   Uchida, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cathode catalyst; Corrosion resistant catalyst support; Oxygen reduction reaction; Polymer electrolyte fuel cell; Titanium carbide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937467733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal5020966     Document Type: Article

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