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Cobalt-polypyrrole-multiwalled carbon nanotube catalysts for hydrogen and alcohol fuel cells

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In this article, a cobalt-polymer-MWCNT composite was developed as an electrocatalyst for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in PEMFC, which showed improved power densities for hydrogen, methanol and ethanol based fuel cells compared to the previously reported non Pt based electrocatalysts.
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This article is published in Carbon.The article was published on 2008-01-01. It has received 140 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Direct-ethanol fuel cell & Electrocatalyst.

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A review on non-precious metal electrocatalysts for PEM fuel cells

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the progress made over the past 40 years with a detailed discussion of recent works in the area of non-precious metal electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction, a necessary reaction at the PEM fuel cell cathode.
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Recent advances in non-precious metal catalysis for oxygen-reduction reaction in polymer electrolyte fuel cells

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the new synthesis methods that have led to these breakthroughs and analyze the improvements required from NPMC-based catalysts to match the performance of Pt-based cathodes, even at high current density.
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Oxygen electrocatalysts in metal–air batteries: from aqueous to nonaqueous electrolytes

TL;DR: This review focuses on the major obstacle of sluggish kinetics of the cathode in both batteries, and summary the fundamentals and recent advances related to the oxygen catalyst materials, and several future research directions are proposed based on the results achieved.
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One-dimensional conducting polymer nanocomposites: Synthesis, properties and applications

TL;DR: In this paper, an overview of the synthesis of one-dimensional (1D) conducting polymer nanocomposites and their properties and applications is presented, where the authors highlight the advantages of 1D conducting polymer polymers over the parent conducting polymers.
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A technology review of electrodes and reaction mechanisms in vanadium redox flow batteries

TL;DR: The vanadium redox flow battery as mentioned in this paper is an electrochemical storage system which allows energy to be stored in two solutions containing different redox couples, and it has been proven to be an economically attractive and low-maintenance solution, with significant benefits over the other types of batteries.
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A class of non-precious metal composite catalysts for fuel cells

TL;DR: The results of this study show that heteroatomic polymers can be used not only to stabilize the non-precious metal in the acidic environment of the PEFC cathode but also to generate active sites for oxygen reduction reaction.
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Fuel Cells - Fundamentals and Applications

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the advantages and disadvantages of both low-temperature and high temperature fuel cells and propose a modularization of fuel cells, which makes them quite flexible as the power needed can easily be attained by changing the number of modules.
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DMFCs: From Fundamental Aspects to Technology Development

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of recent developments in both the fundamental and technological aspects of direct methanol fuel cells (DMFCs) is presented, where the authors focus on the electrocatalysis of the methanoline oxidation reaction and oxygen electroreduction.
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Recent development of non-platinum catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction

TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the electrochemical slow oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) on non-Pt catalysts, especially the experimental development during the past five years, is presented.
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Spontaneous reduction of metal ions on the sidewalls of carbon nanotubes.

TL;DR: Reducing agent or catalyst-free electroless deposition, which purely utilizes the redox potential difference between Au3+, Pt2+, and the carbon nanotube, is the main driving force for this reaction.
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