Platinum decorated on partially exfoliated multiwalled carbon nanotubes as high performance cathode catalyst for PEMFC

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 9435-9443

  Sahoo, Madhumita ^a   Scott, Keith ^b   Ramaprabhu, S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graphene; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; Oxygen reduction reaction; Proton exchange membrane fuel cell

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SUPPORTS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GRAPHENE; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCATALYSTS; NANOTUBES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; PLATINUM;

CARBON STRUCTURES; CATALYST SUPPORT MATERIAL; CHEMICAL OXIDATION; CHEMICAL REDUCTION; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELL (PEMFCS); REDUCTION TECHNIQUES; SUPPORT MATERIALS;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84937518327     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.113     Document Type: Article

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