title: Structure control of a carbon-based noble-metal-free fuel cell cathode catalyst leading to high power output.
abstract: A carbon-based noble-metal-free O(2) reduction catalyst for a polymer electrolyte fuel cell (PEFC) cathode was produced from commonplace, safe and inexpensive compounds (glucose, adenine, Fe gluconate) and the catalyst structure was controlled between a graphene-layered structure and a highly porous amorphous structure for the activity enhancement, which led to the power density of the highest level among the noble-metal-free cathode type PEFCs.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Technology Department, Osaka Municipal Technical Research Institute, 1-6-50 Morinomiya, Joto-ku, Osaka 536-8553, Japan. maruyama@omtri.city.osaka.jp
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Ikuo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Abe
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D002384:Catalysis; D004566:Electrodes; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry*; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
chemical_list: D008670:Metals; D002244:Carbon