Research on methanol-tolerant catalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1187-1193

  Asteazaran, M ^a   Cespedes, G ^b   Bengio S ^c   Moreno, M S ^c   Triaca, W E ^a   Castro Luna, A M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Direct methanol fuel cells; DMFC; Methanol crossover; Methanol tolerant catalyst; ORR; Trimetallic catalyst

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GLASSY CARBON; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; OXYGEN; POLYELECTROLYTES; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); REDUCTION; ROTATING DISKS; TERNARY ALLOYS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFCS); ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; METHANOL CROSSOVER; METHANOL TOLERANT CATALYSTS; MODIFIED IMPREGNATION METHOD; ORR; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANES; TRIMETALLIC CATALYSTS;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84943366488     PISSN: 0021891X     EISSN: 15728838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10800-015-0845-9     Document Type: Article

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