Carbon supported Ag nanoparticles as high performance cathode catalyst for H2/O2 anion exchange membrane fuel cell

Frontiers in Chemistry

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Xin, Le ^a   Zhang, Zhiyong ^a   Wang, Zhichao ^a   Qi, Ji ^a   Li, Wenzhen ^a  

^a Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anion exchange membrane; Electrocatalyst; Fuel cell; Nanoparticles; Non platinum catalyst; Oxygen reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84987657177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22962646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2013.00016     Document Type: Article

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