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Title: A rejuvenation process to enhance the durability of low Pt loaded polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells

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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Korea Inst. of Energy Research (KIER), Daejeon (Korea, Republic of). Fuel Cell Lab.
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Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE). Fuel Cell Technologies Program (EE-3F); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
OSTI Identifier:
1473809
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1582721; OSTI ID: 1765869
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-17-30764; LA-UR-18-30485
Journal ID: ISSN 0378-7753
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396; NRF-2015M1A2A2056550; 89233218CNA000001
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Power Sources
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 396; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0378-7753
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Fuel cells; Durability; Ionomer; Rejuvenation; Voltage cycling; Energy Sciences; Material Science

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Langlois, David A., Lee, Albert S., Macauley, Natalia, Maurya, Sandip, Hawley, Marilyn E., Yim, Sung Dae, and Kim, Yu Seung. A rejuvenation process to enhance the durability of low Pt loaded polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.06.013.
Langlois, David A., Lee, Albert S., Macauley, Natalia, Maurya, Sandip, Hawley, Marilyn E., Yim, Sung Dae, & Kim, Yu Seung. A rejuvenation process to enhance the durability of low Pt loaded polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.06.013
Langlois, David A., Lee, Albert S., Macauley, Natalia, Maurya, Sandip, Hawley, Marilyn E., Yim, Sung Dae, and Kim, Yu Seung. Fri . "A rejuvenation process to enhance the durability of low Pt loaded polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.06.013. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1473809.
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title = {A rejuvenation process to enhance the durability of low Pt loaded polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells},
author = {Langlois, David A. and Lee, Albert S. and Macauley, Natalia and Maurya, Sandip and Hawley, Marilyn E. and Yim, Sung Dae and Kim, Yu Seung},
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doi = {10.1016/j.jpowsour.2018.06.013},
journal = {Journal of Power Sources},
number = C,
volume = 396,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Aug 31 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}

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