The Advancement of Catalysts for Proton‐Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells

Chapter 9 The Advancement of Catalysts for Proton-Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells Yi Cheng, Yi Cheng Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Value-added Metallurgy, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083 China Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Battery Materials, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083 ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorShuangyin Wang, Shuangyin Wang State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 ChinaSearch for more papers by this author Yi Cheng, Yi Cheng Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Nonferrous Value-added Metallurgy, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083 China Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education for Advanced Battery Materials, School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083 ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorShuangyin Wang, Shuangyin Wang State Key Laboratory of Chem/Bio-Sensing and Chemometrics, Provincial Hunan Key Laboratory for Graphene Materials and Devices, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082 ChinaSearch for more papers by this author Book Editor(s):Shaohua Shen, Shaohua Shen Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, ChinaSearch for more papers by this authorShuangyin Wang, Shuangyin Wang Hunan University, Changsha, ChinaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 23 February 2024 https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527831005.ch9 AboutPDFPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShareShare a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Summary Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs) advantages such as being environmentally friendly, having higher efficiencies, being steady and noise-free, are promising for automobile, portable, and stationary applications. 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