Activity Quantification of Fuel Cell Catalysts via Sequential Poisoning by Multiple Reaction Inhibitors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Kim, Y.; Min, J.; Ko, K.; Sravani, B.; Chougule, S.S.; Choi, Y.; Choi, H.; Hong, S.; Jung, N. Activity Quantification of Fuel Cell Catalysts via Sequential Poisoning by Multiple Reaction Inhibitors. Nanomaterials 2022, 12, 3800. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12213800
Kim Y, Min J, Ko K, Sravani B, Chougule SS, Choi Y, Choi H, Hong S, Jung N. Activity Quantification of Fuel Cell Catalysts via Sequential Poisoning by Multiple Reaction Inhibitors. Nanomaterials. 2022; 12(21):3800. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12213800
Chicago/Turabian StyleKim, Yunjin, Jiho Min, Keonwoo Ko, Bathinapatla Sravani, Sourabh S. Chougule, Yoonseong Choi, Hyeonwoo Choi, SeoYeong Hong, and Namgee Jung. 2022. "Activity Quantification of Fuel Cell Catalysts via Sequential Poisoning by Multiple Reaction Inhibitors" Nanomaterials 12, no. 21: 3800. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12213800