Searching for suitable catalysts for a passive direct methanol fuel cell cathode

International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

Volumn 40, Issue 42, 2015, Pages 14632-14639

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

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

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Accelerated stress test; Methanol crossover; Methanol tolerant catalyst; ORR; Passive direct methanol fuel cells; Trimetallic catalysts

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; DURABILITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FUEL CELLS; METHANOL; METHANOL FUELS; PARTICLE SIZE; PLATINUM;

ACCELERATED STRESS; METHANOL CROSSOVER; METHANOL TOLERANT CATALYSTS; ORR; PASSIVE DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS; TRIMETALLIC CATALYSTS;

DIRECT METHANOL FUEL CELLS (DMFC);

EID: 84948711200     PISSN: 03603199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.05.134     Document Type: Conference Paper

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