Nonprecious metal heterogeneous catalysts composed of first-row transition metals
incorporated into nitrogen-doped carbon matrices (MN-Cs) have been studied for decades …

Polymer-electrolyte fuel cells are a promising energy-conversion technology. Over the last
several decades significant progress has been made in increasing their performance and …

The drive to reduce consumption of fossil resources, coupled with expanding capacity for
renewable electricity, invites the exploration of new routes to utilize this energy for the …

Advances in chemical syntheses have led to the formation of various kinds of nanoparticles
(NPs) with more rational control of size, shape, composition, structure and catalysis. This …

One bottleneck hampering the widespread use of fuel cell vehicles, in particular of proton
exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), is the high cost of the cathode where the oxygen …

The mass production of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel-cell-powered light-duty
vehicles requires a reduction in the amount of Pt presently used in fuel cells. This paper …

A tutorial is provided for methods to accurately and reproducibly determine the activity of Pt-
based electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction in proton exchange membrane fuel …

We describe the adaptation of the recently developed thin-film rotating disk electrode
method and its application in a rotating ring disk configuration (RRDE) to the investigation of …

The effect of cathode platinum loading on oxygen transport resistance in a fuel cell electrode
was determined by measuring limiting current in fuel cells over a wide range of platinum …

The aim of this report is to scrutinize the thin-film rotating disc electrode (TF-RDE) method for
investigating the electrocatalytic activity of high surface area catalysts. Special emphasis is …