Advances in ceramic supports for polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Catalysts

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1445-1464

  Lori, Oran ^a   Elbaz, Lior ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ceramic support; Corrosion resistance; Durability; Fuel cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940986745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/catal5031445     Document Type: Article

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