Nanostructured electrocatalysts approach

Summarising the activities using nanotechnology for fuel cells, the membrane fuel cell is the most promising type. Thus, the focus of the subsequent chapters will be on this type of fuel cell and will give more details on new approaches using nanostructured electrocatalysts and membranes. 

Direct metal deposition from metallic sources has been extensively used for model catalyst deposition for high-throughput and combinatorial studies. However, these methods are also increasingly used to deposit practical electrocatalyst materials. The best known approach is the one developed by 3M researchers have used physical vapor deposition to deposit Pt and Ft alloys onto nanostructured (NS) films composed of perylene red whiskers. The approach has been recently been reviewed by Debe. ... 

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