X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy study of the degradation of Pt/ITO electrocatalyst in an operating polymer electrolyte fuel cell

Chemical Engineering Science

Volumn 154, Issue , 2016, Pages 81-89

  Wang, Guanxiong ^a   Bhattacharyya, Kaustava ^b   Parrondo, Javier ^a   Ramani, Vijay ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Catalyst support; Fuel cell; Indium tin oxide; Stability; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CATALYST SUPPORTS; CATALYSTS; CATHODES; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; INDIUM; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; PLATINUM; POLYELECTROLYTES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC); ROTATING DISKS; STABILITY; TIN; TIN OXIDES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LIMITING CURRENT DENSITY; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; OXYGEN REDUCTION REACTION; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL MEMBRANES; POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELLS; ROTATING DISK ELECTRODES; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY STUDIES;

SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

EID: 84964211364     PISSN: 00092509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2016.04.026     Document Type: Article

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