Synthesis of Graphene-Supported PtCoFe Alloy with Different Thermal Treatment Procedures as Highly Active Oxygen Reduction Reaction Electrocatalysts for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 55, Issue 34, 2016, Pages 9154-9163

  Lohrasbi, Elaheh ^a   Javanbakht, Mehran ^a   Mozaffari, Sayed Ahmad ^b  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b IRANIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IROST   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYING; ELECTROCATALYSTS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; FUEL CELLS; GRAPHENE; HEAT TREATMENT; IONIZATION OF GASES; LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

ACTIVE OXYGEN; CONVENTIONAL DRYING; FREEZE DRYING; METAL LOADINGS; POWER DENSITIES; SINGLE CELLS; TRIPLE PHASE BOUNDARY;

PROTON EXCHANGE MEMBRANE FUEL CELLS (PEMFC);

EID: 84984677871     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b00980     Document Type: Article

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