Tantalum oxide-based electrocatalysts made from oxy-tantalum phthalocyanines as non-platinum cathodes for polymer electrolyte fuel cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 179, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-153

  Uehara, N ^a   Ishihara, A ^a   Matsumoto, M ^b   Imai, H ^b   Kohno, Y ^a   Matsuzawa, K ^a   Mitsushima, S ^a   Ota, K ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NISSAN ARC LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

non platinum cathode; oxygen reduction reaction; oxygen vacancy; polymer electrolyte fuel cell; tantalum oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATHODES; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PLATINUM; POLYMERS; PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); SOLID ELECTROLYTES; TANTALUM; TANTALUM OXIDES; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; YARN;

ELECTRON CONDUCTION; LOW OXYGEN PARTIAL PRESSURE; NON-PLATINUM; ONSET POTENTIAL; ORR ACTIVITIES; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES;

POLYELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84943448511     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.03.125     Document Type: Article

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