On the oxygen reduction reaction in phosphoric acid electrolyte: Evidence of significantly increased inhibition at steady state conditions

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 204, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-83

  Deng, Yu Jia ^a   Wiberg, Gustav Karl Henrik ^a,b   Zana, Alessandro ^a   Arenz, Matthias ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Nordic Electrochemistry ApS   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anion Adsorption; HT PEMFC; Oxygen reduction reaction; Phosphoric acid electrolyte; Pt; Viscoelectric Effect

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; IONS; MASS TRANSFER; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORIC ACID; PLATINUM; SULFURIC ACID;

ACID ELECTROLYTES; ANION ADSORPTION; MASS TRANSFER BARRIERS; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; STEADY-STATE CONDITION; TIME-DEPENDENT PROCESS; TRANSIENT POLARIZATION; VISCOELECTRIC EFFECT;

ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84963799355     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.04.065     Document Type: Article

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