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Title: Durability of Pt-Co Alloy Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cell Cathode Catalysts under Accelerated Stress Tests

Journal Article · · Journal of the Electrochemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/2.0171806jes· OSTI ID:1437379

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technologies Office; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE), Fuel Cycle Technologies (NE-5); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Program (EE-3F)
Contributing Organization:
General Motors (GM), Detroit, MI (United States); EWII Fuel Cells LLC, Albuquerque, NM (United States); Umicore N.V., Brussels (Belgium)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; AC52-06NA25396; AC36-08GO28308; AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
1437379
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1441342; OSTI ID: 1454750; OSTI ID: 1460217
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-18-20373; NREL/JA-5900-71738; 141131
Journal Information:
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 165, Issue 6; ISSN 0013-4651
Publisher:
The Electrochemical SocietyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 50 works
Citation information provided by
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